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1 Peter 1:24

1 Peter 1:24 is verse 24 of 1 Peter chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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:

World English Bible

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

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1 Peter 1:22–25 · Berean Standard Bible

22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

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Greek words

διότιbecause πᾶσαAll σὰρξflesh [is]ὡςlike χόρτος,grass,καὶand πᾶσαall δόξα[the] glory αὐτῆςof it ὡςlike ἄνθος[the] flower χόρτου·of grass;ἐξηράνθηWithers ὁthe χόρτος,grass,καὶand τὸthe ἄνθοςflower ἐξέπεσεν·falls away;

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Kings 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

Psalms 37:2
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Psalms 90:5
You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Psalms 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Psalms 102:4
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;

Psalms 129:6
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

Isaiah 40:6
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

James 1:10
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

James 1:11
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

1 John 2:17
The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

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