Psalm 129:6

New International Version

May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.

2 Kings 19:26

Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

Psalm 37:2

for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

Psalm 92:7

that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

Isaiah 37:27

Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.