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.
As a sleep
General references
Bible References
Thou
Job 9:26
They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.
Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time. Their foundation is washed away by flood.
Job 27:20
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
Isaiah 8:7
That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this, rising like the Nile River, like streams that flow swiftly?
As a sleep
Psalm 73:20
It is like waking up from a dream, O Jehovah. When you awake you will despise everything they represent.
Isaiah 29:7
The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem) will be like a bad dream, a vision in the night. Many will fight against her and bring distress to her.
Morning
Psalm 103:15
Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Isaiah 40:6
A voice shouts: Cry out! And I said: What shall I cry? The voice shouts: All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
James 1:10
But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off.
General references
Psalm 37:2
They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants.