Psalm 129:6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Cross-reference

Psalm 37:2 Parallel

Psalm 37:2 uses the same grass-withering imagery to depict the swift end of the wicked.

Psalm 92:7 Parallel

Psalm 92:7 also pictures the wicked springing up like grass only to be destroyed—identical transience metaphor.

In 2 Kings 19:26, the same 'grass on housetops' metaphor describes Assyrian enemies' weakness — directly parallel to this verse's depiction of the wicked.

Job 8:12 Parallel

In Job 8:12, the godless wither before maturity — similar plant imagery for the fate of the wicked as the rooftop grass here.

1 Peter 1:24 Related theme

In 1 Peter 1:24, the withering grass image applies to all human frailty — a broader use than this verse's specific judgment on the wicked.