James 1:10
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10 and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.(A)
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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 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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- 2.17 Or the desire for it
Job 14:2
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2 comes up like a flower and withers,
flees like a shadow and does not last.(A)
1 Timothy 6:17
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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)
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Matthew 5:3
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3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)
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1 Corinthians 7:31
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31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.(A)
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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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Matthew 6:30
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30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
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Isaiah 66:2
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2 All these things my hand has made,
so all these things are mine,[a]
says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit
who trembles at my word.(A)
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- 66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be
Isaiah 40:6
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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)
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- 40.6 Q ms Gk Vg: MT and he said
Psalm 90:5-6
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5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning;(A)
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.(B)
Philippians 3:8
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8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ(A)
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Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow;
I wither away like grass.(A)
Psalm 37:2
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2 for they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.(A)
Psalm 37:35-36
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