Psalm 129:6
Let them be like grass upon the housetops. It withers before it grows up.
Psalm 37:2
They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants.
2 Kings 19:26
The inhabitants of these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh green grass on the roofs, scorched before it grows up.
Psalm 92:7
Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.
Isaiah 37:27
Their people are drained of power. They are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, parched before it grows.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
This is what Jehovah says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah.
Matthew 13:6
When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died.