2 Kings 19:26

19:26 Their residents are powerless,

they are terrified and ashamed.

They are as short-lived as plants in the field,

or green vegetation.

They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops

when it is scorched by the east wind.

Psalms 37:2

37:2 For they will quickly dry up like grass,

and wither away like plants.

Psalms 90:5

90:5 You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.”

In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

Psalms 92:7

92:7 When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and all the evildoers glisten,

it is so that they may be annihilated.

Psalms 102:4

102:4 My heart is parched and withered like grass,

for I am unable to eat food.

Psalms 103:15

103:15 A person’s life is like grass.

Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

Psalms 129:6

129:6 May they be like the grass on the rooftops

which withers before one can even pull it up,

Isaiah 40:6-8

40:6 A voice says, “Cry out!”

Another asks, “What should I cry out?”

The first voice responds: “All people are like grass,

and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.

40:7 The grass dries up,

the flowers wither,

when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them.

Surely humanity is like grass.

40:8 The grass dries up,

the flowers wither,

but the decree of our God is forever reliable.”

James 1:10-11

1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. 1:11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

James 4:14

4:14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

James 2:17

2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.