Psalm 92:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Wicked

1 Peter 1:24

Workers

It is that

Luke 16:19

General references

Psalm 37:2

Psalm 90:6

Bible References

Wicked

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

For

All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory

like a flower of the grass.

The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Workers

Look at them—the wicked!
They are always at ease,
and they increase their wealth.

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

“For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Hosts, “not leaving them root or branches.

It is that

I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal was in a good mood and very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

General references

For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.

in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.