Verse 15

The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away. 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes.
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 Yea I, euen I am he that in all thynges geueth you consolation: What art thou then that fearest a mortall man & the childe of man, which goeth away as doth the floure?
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea and dryeth it vp, all the riuers also he maketh drye: Basan and Carmel are destroyed, the spring also of Libanon is destroyed.
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth. 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered.
  • Isa 28:4 : 4 So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse, shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest: whiche when a man espieth, he loketh vpon it, and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp.
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The same voyce spake: Nowe crye. And the prophete aunswered, What shall I crye? That all fleshe is grasse, and that all the goodlinesse therof is as the floure of the fielde. 7 The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse. 8 The grasse withereth, and the floure fadeth away: yet the worde of our God endureth for euer.
  • Isa 28:1 : 1 Wo be vnto the crowne of pryde, euen to the drunken people of Ephraim, whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth, and are ouerladen with wine.
  • Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man that is borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie. 2 He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state. 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?