9 occurrences

'Withers' in the Bible

“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

In the morning it flourishes and springs up;In the evening it wilts and withers away.

Verse ConceptsMowingChange And Growth

Let them be like the grass on the housetops,Which withers before it grows up,

Verse ConceptsGrassHousetopsGrass WitheredLike GrassGrowing

For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and diesAnd like a garden that has no water.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

The earth dries up and crumbles away, the world dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.

Verse ConceptsHaughtinessTransient WorldMourning Due To Catastrophe

The land mourns and dries out,Lebanon is shamed and [its lush foliage] withers;Sharon is like a desert plain,And Bashan and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

The grass withers, the flower fades,When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;Most certainly [all] the people are [like] grass.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFlowersThe Holy Spirit In CreationGrass WitheredMere Men

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