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 wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
Psalm 92:7

That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

General references

Job 8:12

“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
Psalm 37:2

For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.