1 Peter 1:24

New Living Translation

As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:26

That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall.

Job 14:2

We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

Psalm 102:4

My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.

Psalm 103:15

Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.

Psalm 129:6

May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,

Psalm 37:2

For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

Psalm 39:6

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.

Psalm 90:5

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

Psalm 92:7

Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?

Matthew 6:30

And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?

James 4:14

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

1 John 2:17

And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.