James 1:11. 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.
Job 15:30. He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 24:24. They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:8. Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot.