Psalm 37:2
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
Psalm 73:17-20
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood [for I considered] their end.
Psalm 90:5-6
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Job 14:2
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Job 20:5-9
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
Psalm 129:5-7
May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].
James 1:10-11
and the rich man is to glory in being humbled [by trials revealing human frailty, knowing true riches are found in the grace of God], for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
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I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood [for I considered] their end.
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].
That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,