1 Peter 1:24
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24 For
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,(A)
Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 A voice says, “Cry out!”
And I said,[a] “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass;
their constancy is like the flower of the field.(A)
7 The grass withers; the flower fades,
[[when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.(B)
8 The grass withers; the flower fades,]][b]
but the word of our God will stand forever.(C)
Psalm 103:15
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15 As for mortals, their days are like grass;
they flourish like a flower of the field;(A)
James 4:14
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14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)
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Psalm 37:2
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2 for they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.(A)
James 1:10-11
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10 and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.(A) 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.
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Psalm 129:6
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6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops
that withers before it grows up,(A)
Psalm 92:7
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7 though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever,(A)
1 John 2:17
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17 And the world and its desire[a] are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.(A)
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Psalm 102:4
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4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass;
I am too wasted to eat my bread.(A)
Psalm 90:5
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5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning;(A)
2 Kings 19:26
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26 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded;
they have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops
that is scorched before the east wind.[a](A)
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