Psalm 90:5
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—
Isaiah 40:6
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
Job 22:16
Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
Psalm 73:20
Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Job 9:26
“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,
Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
Job 20:8
“He flies away like a dream and cannot be found;
Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night.
Job 27:20-21
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Isaiah 8:7-8
Now therefore, listen carefully, the Lord is about to bring on them the waters of the [Euphrates] River, strong and abundant—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise over all its channels and canals and go far beyond its banks.
Isaiah 29:7-8
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem),
Even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
Jeremiah 46:7-8
Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River],
Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
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.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As a sleep
General references
Bible References
Thou
“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,
Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.
Now therefore, listen carefully, the Lord is about to bring on them the waters of the [Euphrates] River, strong and abundant—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise over all its channels and canals and go far beyond its banks.
Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River],
Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
As a sleep
Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem),
Even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
Morning
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
General references
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.