8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
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Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
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.
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For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.