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From:
Boyd's Bible Dictionary: G
By:
James P. Boyd
(for gnawing). Large figurative use (
Psa. 90:5-6
5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. (Psalm 90:5‑6)
;
Isa. 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: (Isaiah 40:6)
8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isaiah 40:8)
;
James 1:10-11
10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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 1:10‑11)
;
1 Peter 1:24
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: (1 Peter 1:24)
); sometimes herbage in general (
Isa. 15:6
6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. (Isaiah 15:6)
); a fuel (
Matt. 6:30
30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Matthew 6:30)
;
Luke 12:28
28
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Luke 12:28)
).
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