Psalm 129:6

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

Psalm 37:2

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

2 Kings 19:26

Their residents are powerless, they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field, or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Isaiah 37:27

Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

As the grass

Psalm 37:2
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
Jeremiah 17:5
The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

General references

Job 8:12
While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
Psalm 37:2
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

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