Thematic Bible: As grass
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For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,
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"I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?
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A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.
You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.
Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.
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But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
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