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
They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants.
Psalm 92:7
Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what Jehovah says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah.
Matthew 13:6
When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died.
General references
Job 8:12
While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
Psalm 37:2
They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants.