Psalm 103:15

The Forgiving God

¹⁴ For He knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;
¹⁶ when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.

On Earth

1 Peter 1:24

For

All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,

James 1:10-11

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

Job 14:1-3

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

Psalm 90:5-6

You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley.
Woe to those overcome with wine.

Isaiah 28:4

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.
Whoever sees it will swallow it
while it is still in his hand.

Isaiah 40:6-8

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 51:12

I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea so that it dries up,
and He makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
even the flower of Lebanon withers.