Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
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- Isaiah 40:6–8 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- Job 8:9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.