KJV ORIGINAL
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Picture this: the sun comes up blazing hot, and suddenly all the grass shrivels up and the beautiful flowers just drop and lose everything that made them gorgeous. That's exactly what happens to rich people who think their wealth defines them — all that status and power? It's going to fade away just like those flowers.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Your bank account can't protect you from life's seasons — even the wealthiest people are just as fragile as flowers in the heat.
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