Psalm 37:2
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
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- Psalm 92:7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalm 90:5–6 You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
- James 1:10–11 But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.