Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

General references

Bible References

Thou

Job 9:26
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture which rusheth upon food.
Job 22:16
Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?
Job 27:20
There shall reach him - like waters - terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
Isaiah 8:7
now therefore, lo! the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters, strong and many, of the River, even the king of Assyria and all his glory, - and he shall rise over all his channels, and flow over all his banks;
Jeremiah 46:7
Who is it that is like the Nile when it riseth, Like rivers when his waters are tossed?

As a sleep

Psalm 73:20
As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.
Isaiah 29:7
And it shall be like the dream of a night vision, With the multitude of all the nations who have been making war against Ariel, - Even with all who have been making war against her and her stronghold and who have been laying siege to her;

Morning

Psalm 103:15
As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;
Isaiah 40:6
A voice saying Cry! And one said - What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field:
James 1:10
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, - because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
1 Peter 1:24
Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,

General references

Psalm 37:2
For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.