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 73:18-20
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Psalm 37:38
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38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
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)
Psalm 37:35-36
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Psalm 37:1-2
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Psalm 37
Exhortation to Patience and Trust
Of David.
1 Do not fret because of the wicked;
do not be envious of wrongdoers,(A)
2 for they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.(B)
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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Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [a]See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.(A)
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- 4.1 3.19 in Heb
Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah Complains to God
12 You will be in the right, O Lord,
when I lay charges against you,
but let me put my case to you.
Why does the way of the guilty prosper?
Why do all who are treacherous thrive?(A)
2 You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and bring forth fruit;
you are near in their mouths
yet far from their hearts.(B)
Malachi 3:15
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15 Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”(A)
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Psalm 73:12
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12 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.(A)
Job 12:6
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6 The tents of robbers are at peace,
and those who provoke God are secure,
who bring their god in their hands.[a](A)
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- 12.6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; meaning of Heb uncertain
Luke 16:19-25
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,(A) 21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham.[a] The rich man also died and was buried.(B) 23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[b](C) 24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’(D) 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(E)
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Job 21:7-12
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7 Why do the wicked live on,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?(A)
8 Their children are established in their presence
and their offspring before their eyes.(B)
9 Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.(C)
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves and never miscarries.(D)
11 They send out their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance around.
12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.(E)
Isaiah 37:27
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27 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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- 37.27 Q ms: MT and a field before standing grain
Isaiah 40:6-7
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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)
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- 40.6 Q ms Gk Vg: MT and he said
Proverbs 1:32
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32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;(A)
Psalm 103:15-16
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15 As for mortals, their days are like grass;
they flourish like a flower of the field;(A)
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
Psalm 94:4
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4 They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(A)
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)
1 Samuel 25:36-38
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36 Abigail came to Nabal; he was holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk, so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.(A) 37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him; he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
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