Psalms 37:2 · KJV
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”
— Psalms 37:2
[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; {so} shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}
Psalms 37 — Context
[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3Trust in the LORD, and do good; {so} shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}
4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Cross References
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:
Psalms 90:5-6
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are {as} a sleep: in the morning {they are} like grass {which} groweth up. {groweth...: or, is changed}
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 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}
Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 20:5-9
That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
1 Peter 1:24
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: {For: or, For that}
Psalms 73:17-20
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.