Psalms 103:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

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  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
  • Isa 28:4 : 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
  • Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
  • Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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  • 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

  • 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    83%

    3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

    4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • Isa 40:6-8
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    82%

    6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

    7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

    8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

  • Job 14:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

    2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    79%

    10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

    11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

  • 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

  • Ps 90:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

    5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

    6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

  • 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

  • Job 14:9-11
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    76%

    9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

    10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

    11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

  • 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  • 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

  • 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

  • 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Ps 90:9-10
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    72%

    9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

    10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

  • 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

  • Eccl 3:19-20
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    72%

    19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

    20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

  • 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

  • 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

  • 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

  • 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

  • 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

  • Ps 102:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

    4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

  • 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  • 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

  • 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

  • 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

  • 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

  • 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

  • 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

  • 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

  • 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;