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 wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.
Psalm 92:7
though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord says:

The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.

General references

Job 8:12
While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
Psalm 37:2
For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.

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