Psalms 90:5

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You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—

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  • Isa 40:6 : 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.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 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,
  • Job 22:16 : 16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.
  • Ps 73:20 : 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.
  • Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field. 16 The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
  • Isa 8:7-8 : 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks. 8 It will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing through; it will reach up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the entire breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
  • Isa 29:7-8 : 7 And all the nations warring against Ariel, all who attack her and her defenses, those who bring her distress, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night. 8 It will be as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but he wakes and is still hungry; or as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, but he wakes and is still faint and craving. So it will be with all the hordes of nations that fight against Mount Zion.
  • Job 27:20-21 : 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away. 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
  • Job 9:26 : 26 They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
  • Job 20:8 : 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.
  • Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers that surge and toss about? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters surge like rivers. It says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
  • 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.

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

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    3You turn humankind back to dust, saying, 'Return, O children of man.'

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    2For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

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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.

  • Job 4:20
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    20From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

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

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

  • Job 8:11-12
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    11Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

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

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

  • Isa 40:7
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    7The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.

  • Job 24:24
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    24They are exalted for a little while, but then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others, and like the heads of grain, they are cut off.

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    11Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.

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    24For, "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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    19How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

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    14This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

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    18They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

  • 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.

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    29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

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    11As the waters of a lake dry up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

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    4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

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    26Their 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.

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