Psalm 129:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:

2 Kings 19:26

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.

Psalm 37:2

For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

Psalm 92:7

When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

Isaiah 37:27

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.

Matthew 13:6

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.