Job 14:2
He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
Job 8:9
After all we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are a mere shadow.
1 Peter 1:24
All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off.
1 Chronicles 29:15
You know, O Jehovah that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.
Job 9:25-26
My days are swifter than a runner! They flee away and see no good.
Psalm 90:5-9
You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass.
Psalm 92:7
Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 92:12
Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass.
Psalm 103:15-16
Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice shouts: Cry out! And I said: What shall I cry? The voice shouts: All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
James 1:10-11
But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.
James 4:14
You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.