Psalms 129:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 129:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 129:6 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 129:6 — KJV
“Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:”
— Psalms 129:6 (KJV)
Psalms 129:6 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
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Cross-References for Psalms 129:6
“For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 129:6: let, grass, withereth
“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”
Shares key themes with Psalms 129:6: let, grass, withereth
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass”
Shares key themes with Psalms 129:6: let, grass
“And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:”
Shares key themes with Psalms 129:6: grass, groweth
“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”
Shares key themes with Psalms 129:6: grass, housetops
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