8 Bible Verses about Man As Grass
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All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.
As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;
when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.
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.
The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath of the Lord blows on them;
indeed, the people are grass.
I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?
but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.