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
My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Psalm 39:5
Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.
Psalm 109:23
I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.
Job 14:2
He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?
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.
I am withered
Psalm 102:4
My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread.
Isaiah 40:6
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
But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.
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.