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.
2 Kings 19:26
Allusion
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.