Mark 4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. Torrey's Topical Textbook
James 1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Torrey's Topical Textbook
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Striking Similes ...Rays springing from the east like golden arrows. Red as the print of a kiss might be. ... Those death-like eyes, unconscious of the sun. ... Thou must wither like a rose. ... /.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section viii striking similes.htm