Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Bible References

General references

Psalm 129:6
May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root
Jeremiah 17:6
He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants.
Matthew 13:20
As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,
James 1:10
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

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