Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
As the grass
General references
Bible References
As the grass
Psalm 37:2
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says Yahweh, "Cursed [is] the person who trusts in humankind and makes flesh his {strength}, and turns aside his heart from Yahweh.
Matthew 13:6
But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.
General references
Job 8:12
While it [is] in its flower [and] is not plucked, yet it withers {before} all grass.
Psalm 37:2
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.