Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
I am withered
Bible References
My days
Psalm 102:3
For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 109:23
I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades;
I am shaken off like the locust.
I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades;
I am shaken off like the locust.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Job 14:2
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?
James 4:14 Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].
I am withered
Psalm 102:4
My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
My heart has been struck like grass and withered,
Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
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,