Psalms 37:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Job 14:2 : 2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment? 6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes, 7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee? 8 He shal flee away as a dreame, and they shal not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night, 9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, & his place shal see him no more.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
  • Ps 73:17-20 : 17 Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende. 18 Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation. 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed, 20 As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse: 6 In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.
  • 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.
  • Ps 129:5-7 : 5 They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward. 6 They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth. 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away. 11 For 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.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 1 A Psalme of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.

  • Ps 90:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Ps 37:9-11
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    78%

    9 For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.

    10 Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

    11 But meeke men shal possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.

  • Isa 40:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

  • 22 But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.

  • 38 But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

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

  • 24 They 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.

  • 10 For 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.

  • 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.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

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

    11 For 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.

  • 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.

  • 4 Howe 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.

  • Isa 1:28-30
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    74%

    28 And the destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe consumed.

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

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

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

  • Ps 37:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 Waite thou on the Lorde, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.

    35 I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.

  • 3 Trust thou in the Lord & do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

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

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

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

  • 24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.

  • 32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.

  • 22 For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • 24 As 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.

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

  • 5 For afore the haruest when the floure is finished, and the fruite is riping in the floure, then he shall cut downe the branches with hookes, and shall take away, and cut off the boughes:

  • 25 The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.

  • Ps 92:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courtes of our God.

    14 They shall still bring foorth fruite in their age: they shall be fat and flourishing,

  • 8 For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the water, which spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not feele when the heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not care for the yeere of drought, neyther shall cease from yeelding fruit.

  • 17 But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,

  • 4 And they shal grow as among the grasse, and as the willowes by the riuers of waters.

  • 8 Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, & the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,

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

  • 37 And the best pastures are destroyed because of the wrath and indignation of the Lorde.

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

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

  • 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,