Job 14:2

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Job 8:9

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

1 Peter 1:24

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

Job 9:25-26

"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

Psalm 90:5-9

You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Psalm 92:12

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 102:11

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

Psalm 103:15-16

A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

Psalm 144:4

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.

James 1:10-11

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

James 4:14

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

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Summary

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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Psalm 90:5
You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
Psalm 103:15
A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
Isaiah 40:6
A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.
James 1:10
But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
James 4:14
You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

Fleeth

Job 8:9
For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
Job 9:25
"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
Psalm 102:11
My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
Psalm 144:4
People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

General references

Psalm 90:6
in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

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