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 they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
Jeremiah 17:5
The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.
General references
Job 8:12
While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
Psalm 37:2
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.