Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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- Isaiah 40:6–8 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- 1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)