1 Peter 1:24
New King James Version
24 because
(A)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [a]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [a]he said, “What shall I cry?”
(A)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (B)the word of our God stands forever.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
Psalm 103:15
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15 As for man, (A)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
James 4:14
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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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James 1:10-11
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10 but the rich in his humiliation, because (A)as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
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Psalm 37:2
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2 For they shall soon be cut down (A)like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
2 Kings 19:26
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26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As (A)the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
1 John 2:17
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17 And (A)the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
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Psalm 129:6
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6 Let them be as the (A)grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
Psalm 92:7
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7 When (A)the wicked [a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 92:7 sprout
Psalm 102:4
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4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalm 90:5
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5 You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
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