Psalm 129:6

May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root

Psalm 37:2

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

2 Kings 19:26

while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.

Psalm 92:7

Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.

Isaiah 37:27

Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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Bible References

As the grass

Psalm 37:2
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
Psalm 92:7
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

General references

Job 8:12
While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.
Psalm 37:2
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

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