1 Peter 1:24
4For ball flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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:
NKJV: because “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away,
ESV: for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
διότι πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς χόρτος, καὶ πᾶσα δόξα ἀνθρώπου ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου. ἐξηράνθη ὁ χόρτος, καὶ τὸ ἄνθος αὐτοῦ ἐξέπεσε·
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Or, For that.
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Psalms 39:4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Psalms 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Isaiah 40:6-8 6. 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: 7. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
James 1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James 1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
1 Corinthians 7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.