Psalm 92:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots.

Cross References

Job 12:6

Robbers and other godless people live safely at home and say, “God is in our hands!”

Psalm 37:38

But not a trace will be left of the wicked or their families.

Psalm 73:12

Yet all goes well for them, and they live in peace.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, and I treated you as a wild animal would.

Psalm 94:4

All those cruel people strut and boast,

Proverbs 1:32

Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.

Isaiah 37:27

Their people became weak, terribly confused. They were like wild flowers or like tender young grass growing on a flat roof or like a field of grain before it matures.

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Malachi 4:1

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

1 Peter 1:24

The Scriptures say, “Humans wither like grass, and their glory fades like wild flowers. Grass dries up, and flowers fall to the ground.