Job 14:2
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Job 8:9
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are
Job 9:25-26
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Psalm 90:5-9
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 92:12
The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].
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.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
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.
James 4:14
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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.
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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.
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Fleeth
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
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In the morning it flourishes and springs up;
In the evening it wilts and withers away.