Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.

Sinners will be destroyed together; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.

Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.

"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.

Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

When they speak, they spew arrogance. Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.

A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,

Indeed, the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?

and, "Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.'"

"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

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When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

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Wicked

Don't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of those who commit iniquity.
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

Workers

Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.
The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.
"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?
You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?
and, "Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.'"
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

It is that

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.
You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.
Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.
Indeed, the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

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Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
In the morning it blossoms and is renewed, but toward evening, it fades and withers.

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