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2 Kings 19:26
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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)
2 Kings 19:26
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2 Kings 19:26
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1 Peter 1:24
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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)
1 Peter 1:24
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1 Peter 1:24
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24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
James 1:10-11
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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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James 1:10-11
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James 1:10-11
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10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(A) 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(B) and withers(C) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(D) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
Jeremiah 51:32
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Jeremiah 51:32
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32 the fords have been seized,
the marshes have been burned with fire,
and the soldiers are in panic.(A)
Jeremiah 51:32
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Jeremiah 51:32
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Jeremiah 51:30
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Jeremiah 51:30
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30 The warriors of Babylon have given up fighting;
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
they have become women;
her buildings are set on fire;
her bars are broken.(A)
Jeremiah 51:30
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Jeremiah 51:30
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Jeremiah 50:36-37
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Jeremiah 50:36-37
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36 A sword against the diviners,
so that they may become fools!
A sword against her warriors,
so that they may be dismayed!(A)
37 A sword against her[a] horses and against her[b] chariots
and against all the foreign troops in her midst,
so that they may become women!
A sword against her treasures,
that they may be plundered!(B)
Jeremiah 50:36-37
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Jeremiah 50:36-37
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36 A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(A)
They will be filled with terror.(B)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(C)
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become weaklings.(D)
A sword against her treasures!(E)
They will be plundered.
Jeremiah 37:10
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Jeremiah 37:10
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10 Even if you defeated the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you and there remained of them only wounded men in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.(A)
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Jeremiah 37:10
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Jeremiah 37:10
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10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[a] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(A) this city down.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11
Isaiah 40:6-8
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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)
Isaiah 40:6-8
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Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All people are like grass,(A)
and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass withers(B) and the flowers fall,
because the breath(C) of the Lord blows(D) on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers(E) fall,
but the word(F) of our God endures(G) forever.(H)”
Psalm 129:6-8
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Psalm 129:6-8
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6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops
that withers before it grows up,(A)
7 with which reapers do not fill their hands
or binders of sheaves their arms,
8 while those who pass by do not say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”(B)
Psalm 129:6-8
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Psalm 129:6-8
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Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127
God’s Blessings in the Home
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain.(A)
Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Psalm 102:11
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Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow;
I wither away like grass.(A)
Psalm 102:11
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Psalm 102:11
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Psalm 92:7
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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)
Psalm 92:7
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Psalm 92:7
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7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.(A)
Psalm 48:4-7
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Psalm 48:4-7
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4 Then the kings assembled;
they came on together.(A)
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight;(B)
6 trembling took hold of them there,
pains as of a woman in labor,
7 as when an east wind shatters
the ships of Tarshish.(C)
Psalm 48:4-7
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Psalm 48:4-7
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