Psalm 129:6

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

Psalm 37:2

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

Psalm 92:7

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

Isaiah 37:27

“Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

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Psalm 129:6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

As the grass

General references

Job 8:12

Psalm 37:2

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As the grass

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

General references

“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

Psalm 129:6

Psalm 129:6

Psalm 37:2

2 Kings 19:26

Psalm 92:7

Isaiah 37:27

Jeremiah 17:5-6

Matthew 13:6

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As the grass

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As the grass

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