Verse 24

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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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 A voice says, 'Cry out.' And I said, 'What shall I cry?' All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass. 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • Ps 37:2 : 2 For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
  • Ps 102:4 : 4 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth.
  • Ps 90:5 : 5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 The world is passing away, along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
  • Ps 129:6 : 6 Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
  • 2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Their inhabitants were powerless; they were dismayed and confounded. They were like plants of the field, tender grass, vegetation sprouting on the roofs, scorched before it can grow.