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:
Cross-references
2 Kings 19:26 uses the same grass-withering imagery — people like grass scorched, echoing the fragility of human life.
Psalm 37:2 directly compares the wicked to grass that withers — identical metaphor to the one quoted in 1 Peter 1:24.
Psalm 90:5 describes people as grass that withers by morning — a frequent OT image that 1 Peter 1:24 cites from Isaiah.
1 John 2:17 contrasts the passing world with those who do God's will—structurally parallel to Peter's contrast of withering grass and enduring word.
James 1:11 expands the grass-flower withering imagery with the sun's heat, closely mirroring Peter's description.
James 1:10 says the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass—echoing the same metaphor for human frailty.
Psalm 103:15 says man's days are as grass and his flourish like a flower—almost identical imagery to Peter's quotation.
Isaiah 40:6-8 is the source Peter quotes directly: 'All flesh is grass... the word of God stands forever'.
Job 14:2 describes man coming forth like a flower and withering — directly paralleling the flower of grass metaphor.
1 Corinthians 7:31 expands on the same idea: the world's present form is passing away, reinforcing the transient nature of human glory like grass.
Luke 12:28 parallels the same grass imagery, emphasizing God's provision for transient creation that withers.
Matthew 6:30 uses the same 'grass of the field' imagery for transience, teaching God's care for what is fleeting.
Isaiah 51:12 directly calls man 'made as grass,' echoing the same metaphor for human mortality in contrast to God's eternal comfort.
Psalm 102:11 says 'I wither like grass' — a direct parallel to the grass-withering imagery in 1 Peter.
Isaiah 37:27 uses grass imagery for human frailty, describing nations withering before God—same metaphor for transience.
Psalm 92:7 also uses grass as a symbol of temporary flourishing, but specifically for the wicked who are destroyed—adding a moral dimension.
Psalm 102:4 uses the same 'withered like grass' image to describe personal affliction, while Peter applies it universally.