Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 37:38
As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Job 12:6
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
Then Abigail came to Nabal, and he was holding a feast in his house [for the shearers], like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s
Job 21:7-12
“Why do the wicked still live,
Become old, and become mighty in power?
Psalm 37:1-2
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;
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 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
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 94:4
They pour out words, speaking arrogant things;
All who do evil boast proudly.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Proverbs 1:32
“For the turning away of the
And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.
Isaiah 37:27
“Therefore their inhabitants had little power,
They were terrorized and shamed;
They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation,
Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.
Isaiah 40:6-7
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.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant happy and blessed. Evildoers are exalted and prosper; and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].’”
Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Luke 16:19-25
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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General references
Bible References
Wicked
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;
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—
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
“Therefore their inhabitants had little power,
They were terrorized and shamed;
They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation,
Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.
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,
Workers
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
“Why do the wicked still live,
Become old, and become mighty in power?
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
It is that
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
“For the turning away of the
And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.
General references
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
In the morning it flourishes and springs up;
In the evening it wilts and withers away.