Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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Bible References

As the grass

Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Jeremiah 17:5
So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.
Matthew 13:6
And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.

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Job 8:12
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb.
Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.