Psalm 90:6

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Cross-reference

Psalm 92:7 Parallel

Psalm 92:7 uses the same grass imagery to describe the temporary flourishing of the wicked, paralleling the fading grass in Psalm 90:6.

Psalm 37:2 Allusion

Psalm 37:2 says the wicked fade like grass and wither like the green herb, directly quoting the imagery of Psalm 90:6.

Psalm 103:15 uses the same grass/flower imagery: 'As for man, his days are like grass' — a direct parallel to the fading grass here.

Job 14:2 Parallel

Job 14:2 compares human life to a flower that withers and a shadow that flees, directly echoing the transient grass of Psalm 90:6.

Matthew 6:30 uses the grass of the field that is here today and gone tomorrow, mirroring the morning-to-evening fading in Psalm 90:6.

Isaiah 40:6 Allusion

Isaiah 40:6 declares 'All flesh is grass, its loveliness like the flower of the field' — a classic parallel to the fading grass here.

Isaiah 51:12 asks why fear man who is 'made like grass' — echoing the same transience metaphor as this verse.

James 1:10 Allusion

James 1:10 says the rich pass away 'like flowering grass' — a direct New Testament echo of this OT grass imagery.

Isaiah 37:27 compares enemies to grass scorched before it grows — similar imagery of transience, though applied to nations.

Isaiah 64:6 Parallel

Isaiah 64:6 says 'we all wither like a leaf' — similar imagery of fading, though leaf instead of grass.