Psalms 129:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 (When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.
  • Isa 37:27 : 27 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afrayd & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field & greene herbe, or grasse on the house tops, or corne blassed afore it be growen.
  • Jer 17:5-6 : 5 Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arme, and withdraweth his heart from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse, and shall not see when any good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land, and not inhabited.
  • Matt 13:6 : 6 And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.
  • 2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afraid, & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field, and greene herbe, or grasse on ye house toppes, or as corne blasted before it be growen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:2
    83%

    2For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

  • Isa 37:27
    82%

    27Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afrayd & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field & greene herbe, or grasse on the house tops, or corne blassed afore it be growen.

  • 2 Kgs 19:26
    81%

    26Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afraid, & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field, and greene herbe, or grasse on ye house toppes, or as corne blasted before it be growen.

  • Ps 129:5
    78%

    5They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.

  • Ps 92:7
    76%

    7(When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.

  • Ps 129:7
    75%

    7Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

  • Ps 90:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse:

    6In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.

  • Job 8:12
    75%

    12Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

  • Ps 102:11
    74%

    11My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16Fill their faces with shame, that they may seeke thy Name, O Lord.

    17Let them be confounded and troubled for euer: yea, let them be put to shame and perish,

  • Ps 58:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

    8Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

    9As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

  • Job 24:24
    74%

    24They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.

  • Isa 40:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lorde bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.

    8The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God shall stand for euer.

  • Nah 1:10
    73%

    10For he shall come as vnto thornes folden one in another, and as vnto drunkardes in their drunkennesse: they shall be deuoured as stubble fully dryed.

  • Job 21:18
    73%

    18They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.

  • Ps 72:6
    73%

    6He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

  • Mic 3:12
    73%

    12Therefore shall Zion for your sake bee plowed as a field, & Ierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house, as the hye places of the forest.

  • Job 18:16
    73%

    16His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

  • Ps 80:16
    73%

    16It is burnt with fire and cut downe: and they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

  • Ps 83:13
    73%

    13O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.

  • Ps 109:15
    72%

    15But let them alway be before the Lorde, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.

  • Isa 1:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29For they shalbe confounded for the okes, which ye haue desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue chosen.

    30For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: and as a garden that hath no water.

  • Isa 40:24
    72%

    24As though they were not plated, as though they were not sowen, as though their stocke tooke no roote in the earth: for he did euen blow vpon them, and they withered, and the whirlewinde will take them away as stubble.

  • Ps 72:16
    72%

    16An handfull of corne shall be sowen in the earth, euen in the toppe of the mountaines, and the fruite thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.

  • Hos 13:3
    72%

    3Therefore they shall bee as the morning cloude, and as the morning dewe that passeth away, as the chaffe that is driuen with a whirlewind out of the floore, and as the smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

  • Joel 1:17
    72%

    17The seede is rotten vnder their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered.

  • Ps 35:26
    72%

    26Let them bee confounded, & put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me.

  • Isa 5:24
    72%

    24Therefore as the flame of fire deuoureth the stubble, and as the chaffe is cosumed of the flame: so their roote shalbe as rottennesse, and their bud shall rise vp like dust, because they haue cast off the Lawe of the Lorde of hostes, and contemned the word of the holy one of Israel.

  • Ps 69:25
    72%

    25Let their habitation be voide, and let none dwell in their tents.

  • Ps 103:15
    71%

    15The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

    10Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, & into the deepe pits, that they rise not.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

    11For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.

  • Job 8:22
    71%

    22They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

  • Matt 13:6
    71%

    6And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.

  • Ps 35:5
    71%

    5Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.

  • Jer 18:16
    71%

    16To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,

  • Jer 12:4
    71%

    4Howe long shall the lande mourne, and the herbes of euery fielde wither, for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein? the beastes are consumed and the birdes, because they sayd, He wil not see our last ende.

  • Mic 4:12
    71%

    12But they knowe not the thoughtes of the Lord: they vnderstand not his counsell, for he shall gather them as the sheaues in the barne.

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    14Let them be confounded & put to shame together, that seeke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.

  • Isa 28:4
    70%

    4For his glorious beautie shall be a fading floure, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fatte, and as the hastie fruite afore sommer, which when hee that looketh vpon it, seeth it, while it is in his hand, he eateth it.

  • Ps 129:3
    70%

    3The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.

  • Ps 55:15
    70%

    15Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.