1 Peter 1:24

For: “All people are like grass, and all their glory like wildflowers. The grass withers and the flowers fall.

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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

23You've been born again, not the product of a mortal “seed,” but immortal, through the living, eternal word of God.

25But the word of the Lord remains forever.” This word is the good news that was explained to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:2For like grass, they will quickly dry up; like plants, they will soon wither away.

Psalms 92:7even though the wicked grow up quickly like grass, and even though people who do evil flourish, they will be destroyed forever!

Psalms 103:15Human lifetimes are like grass: we blossom like flowers in a field,

Isaiah 40:6A voice is heard saying, “Shout it out.” I asked, “What shall I shout?” “All human beings are like grass, and all their trustworthiness is like the flowers of the field.

James 4:14You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, 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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