Psalm 129:6
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
Psalm 37:2
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
2 Kings 19:26
‘Therefore their inhabitants were powerless,
They were shattered [in spirit] and put to shame;
They were like plants of the field, the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Isaiah 37:27
“Therefore their inhabitants had little power,
They were terrorized and shamed;
They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation,
Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Matthew 13:6
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As the grass
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As the grass
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
General references
“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.