"For all flesh {is} as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereo…" — 1 Peter 1:24

1 Peter 1:24 · KJV

“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: {For: or, For that}”

— 1 Peter 1:24

Verse 23

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Verse 25

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

1 Peter 1 — Context

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

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: {For: or, For that}

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:6-8

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:

Psalms 103:15

{As for} man, his days {are} as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

James 4:14

Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}

James 1:10-11

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

2 Kings 19:26

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were {as} the grass of the field, and {as} the green herb, {as} the grass on the housetops, and {as corn} blasted before it be grown up. {of small...: Heb. short of hand}

Psalms 129:6

Let them be as the grass {upon} the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Psalms 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; {it is} that they shall be destroyed for ever: