Psalm 129:6

New Century Version

Let them be like the grass on the roof that dries up before it has grown.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

Then seven more heads of grain sprang up after them, but these heads were thin and ugly and were burned by the hot east wind.

2 Kings 19:26

The people in those cities were weak; they were frightened and put to shame. They were like grass in the field, like tender, young grass, like grass on the housetop that is burned by the wind before it can grow.

Psalm 37:2

because like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.

Psalm 92:7

Wicked people grow like the grass. Evil people seem to do well, but they will be destroyed forever.

Isaiah 37:27

The people in those cities were weak; they were frightened and put to shame. They were like grass in the field, like tender, young grass, like grass on the housetop that is burned by the wind before it can grow.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun rose, the plants dried up, because they did not have deep roots.