Job 8:9
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9 As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge,
because our days on earth are but a shadow—(A)
Psalm 90:6
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Psalm 102:12
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Psalm 103:15
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15 As for man, his days are like the grass;
he blossoms like a flower in the field.(A)
Psalm 109:23
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23 Like a lengthening shadow I am gone,
I am shaken off like the locust.
Psalm 144:4
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Isaiah 40:6-7
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6 A voice says, “Proclaim!”
I answer, “What shall I proclaim?”
“All flesh is grass,
and all their loyalty like the flower of the field.(A)
7 The grass withers, the flower wilts,
when the breath of the Lord blows upon it.”
“Yes, the people is grass!
James 1:10
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10 and the rich one in his lowliness, for he will pass away “like the flower of the field.”(A)
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