For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away: Treasury of Scripture For. or, For that. all flesh. 2 Kings 19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field... Psalm 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Psalm 90:5 You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: Psalm 102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. Psalm 129:6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up: 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... James 1:10,11 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away... James 4:14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time... 1 John 2:17 And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God stays for ever.
Context A Call to Be Holy
13Why gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15But as he which has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation; 16Because it is written, Be you holy; for I am holy. 17And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20Who truly was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and stays for ever. 24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away: 25But the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you. Parallel Verses American Standard Version For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
Douay-Rheims Bible For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away.
Darby Bible Translation Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen;
King James Bible 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:
Young's Literal Translation because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,
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