1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
James 1:10-11
and the rich man is to glory in being humbled [by trials revealing human frailty, knowing true riches are found in the grace of God], for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
2 Kings 19:26
‘Therefore their inhabitants were powerless,
They were shattered [in spirit] and put to shame;
They were like plants of the field, the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
Psalm 37:2
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
Psalm 90:5
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 102:4
My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
Psalm 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psalm 129:6
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
James 4:14
1 John 2:17
The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.
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All flesh
General references
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All flesh
‘Therefore their inhabitants were powerless,
They were shattered [in spirit] and put to shame;
They were like plants of the field, the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
General references
“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.