Isaiah 40:7

New King James Version

The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.

Cross References

Job 14:2

He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

Job 4:9

By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.

Job 41:21

His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

Psalm 102:4

My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 103:15

As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Psalm 103:16

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 90:5

You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

Psalm 90:6

In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 37:27

Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.

Isaiah 40:24

Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?

Haggai 1:9

“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.

James 1:10

but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

James 1:11

For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.