1 Peter 1:24

For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

23Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

25But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:2For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

Psalms 92:7\92:6\A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:6A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.

James 4:14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24

Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →

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