Sentences with phrase «grass withers»
As he spoke those words, he probably thought of one of his favorite Old Testament hooks, which said: «The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever» (Isa.
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And during the dry season, when the rains do not come and the grass withers away and the ground is parched, it is not uncommon to find hundreds of different animals all sharing the same watering hole.
After all, Isaiah 40:8 says, «The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.»
The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of God remains forever.»
Not exact matches
In the morning they are like grass which grows up: In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers» The psalmist compares the human life to grass in order to help us realize how helpless and weak we are without God!
All flesh is grass, Isaiah said; it springs up in a moment only to wither in the noonday sun.
«We must away like the budding grass, in the morning it buds and blossoms, at night it withers away.»
«All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the field; the grass dries up, the flowers wither, if the breath of God passes over them.»
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
For my days pass away like smoke and my bones burn like a furnace My heart is smitten like grass and withered; I forget to eat my bread... For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle my tears with my drink, because of thy indignation and anger; for thou hast taken me up and thrown me away.
A mighty and unjust Empire can not withstand a God who levels the hills of inequity, who regards the powerful elite as withering grass, who raises up the humble and puts the powerful in their place.
Either way, they face a long slow haul to rebuild, not just at Westminster but in local councils and at their withered grass roots.