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
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
Psalm 92:7
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

General references

Job 8:12
While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.
Psalm 37:2
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

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