Job 13:25
New Living Translation
25 Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
Would you chase dry straw?
Job 21:18
New Living Translation
18 Are they driven before the wind like straw?
Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?
Not at all!
Leviticus 26:36
New Living Translation
36 “And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.
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Matthew 12:20
New Living Translation
20 He will not crush the weakest reed
or put out a flickering candle.
Finally he will cause justice to be victorious.
Isaiah 17:13
New Living Translation
13 But though they thunder like breakers on a beach,
God will silence them, and they will run away.
They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind,
like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
Job 14:3
New Living Translation
3 Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature
and demand an accounting from me?
1 Samuel 24:14
New Living Translation
14 Who is the king of Israel trying to catch anyway? Should he spend his time chasing one who is as worthless as a dead dog or a single flea?
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