Isaiah 40:8

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The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

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  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • Mark 13:31 : 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • 1 Pet 1:25 : 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever." And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter, not a single stroke of a pen, will disappear from the law until everything is accomplished.
  • Isa 55:10-11 : 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, providing seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
  • Ps 119:89-91 : 89 Forever, O LORD, Your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it stands firm. 91 By Your ordinances they stand today, for all things are Your servants.
  • John 10:35 : 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—
  • John 12:34 : 34 The crowd answered Him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. So how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"
  • Rom 3:1-3 : 1 What advantage is there, then, in being a Jew? Or what benefit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the very words of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I desire.' 11 I call a bird of prey from the east, a man to fulfill My purpose from a distant land. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will make it happen.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the LORD. My Spirit, who is upon you, and My words, that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children or your children's children, from now on and forever, says the LORD.
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'

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    5And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

    6A 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.

    7The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.

  • 1 Pet 1:24-25
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    81%

    24For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,

    25but the word of the Lord endures forever." And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

  • Ps 103:15-16
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    15As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.

    16The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

  • Ps 37:2
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    2For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

  • Job 8:12
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    12While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass.

  • Ps 92:7-8
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    7A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

    8Though the wicked spring up like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

  • Matt 24:35
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    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Ps 119:89
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    89Forever, O LORD, Your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.

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    4Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD Himself is the eternal Rock.

  • Mark 13:31
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    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

  • Isa 51:6
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    6Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

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    33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

  • Ps 90:6
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    6In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.

  • Ps 102:11-12
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    11Because of your wrath and indignation, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

    12My days are like a shadow that lengthens, and I wither away like grass.

  • Job 14:8
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    8Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

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    4The earth mourns and withers; the world fades and withers; the exalted of the earth languish.

  • Isa 40:9
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    9You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, 'Here is your God!'

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

    11For 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.

  • Heb 1:11
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    11'They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.'

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    6Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

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    31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

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    26Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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    30For you will be like a terebinth whose leaves wither, and like a garden without water.

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    16The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations have perished from His land.

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    4The fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like an early fig before the summer harvest—when someone sees it, they quickly swallow it while it is still in their hand.

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    24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble and as dry grass sinks in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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    8They are established forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.

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  • Isa 55:13
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    3Splendor and majesty are His work, and His righteousness endures forever.

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