Psalm 37:2

Instruction In Wisdom

¹ A Psalm of David.
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
² For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.
³ Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Fall Away

Psalm 73:17-20

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

Psalm 90:5-6

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Psalm 92:7

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

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 momentary?

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Psalm 129:5-7

May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward;

James 1:10-11

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

1 Peter 1:24

For,
“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,