14 Bible Verses about People Withered

Their appearance is [now] blacker than soot [because of the prolonged famine];
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones;
It is withered, and it has become [dry] like wood.

“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.

My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.

“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness [against me];
And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,
It testifies to my face [about my guilt].

Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And a strong wind carries them away like stubble.

For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies
And like a garden that has no water.

For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf,
And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].

My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,
They will bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
I will slay the precious children of their womb.

“The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below,
And above, his branch is cut off and withers.

But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away.

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.