Psalm 129:6

Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which dries up before it grows up,

Psalm 37:2

For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.

2 Kings 19:26

And their people were of small power, they were fearful and put to shame. They were like the grass of the field, and the green herb, like the grass on the house-tops, and like grain blasted before it was grown up.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;

Isaiah 37:27

And their inhabitants were short of hand; dismayed and ashamed. They were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, even grain blasted before it has risen.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.

Matthew 13:6

And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.

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Summary

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

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As the grass

Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Jeremiah 17:5
So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.
Matthew 13:6
And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.

General references

Job 8:12
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb.
Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.