Psalms 37:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 37:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 37:2 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 37:2 — KJV
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”
— Psalms 37:2 (KJV)
Psalms 37:2 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 37:2
“Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 37:2: cut, down, wither
“And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 37:2: soon, cut, down
“And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 37:2: cut, down, like
“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 37:2: grass, green, herb
“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 37:2: cut, down, like
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