Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Of small power
They were
The grass
Bible References
Of small power
Numbers 11:23
The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s hand (ability, power) limited (short, inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word will come to pass for you or not.”
Numbers 14:9
Only do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
Psalm 48:4
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They [came and] passed by together.
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They [came and] passed by together.
Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Jeremiah 37:10
For even if you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only the wounded men among them, yet they would rise up, every man confined in his tent, and burn down this city with fire.’”
Jeremiah 50:36
“A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!
“A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!
Jeremiah 51:30
The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;
They remain in their strongholds.
Their strength and power have failed;
They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.
Their dwelling places are set on fire;
Thebars on her gates are broken.
The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;
They remain in their strongholds.
Their strength and power have failed;
They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.
Their dwelling places are set on fire;
The
They were
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Isaiah 40:6
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.
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
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.
1 Peter 1:24
For,“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
The grass
Psalm 129:6
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,