New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Grass

• A green herb Mk. 6:39
• Called
  • Grass of the earth Rev. 9:4
  • Grass of the field Num. 22:4
• Springs out of the earth 2 Sam. 23:4
• God
  • Originally created Gen. 1:11, 12
  • The giver of Dt. 11:15
  • Causes to grow Ps. 104:14, 147:8
  • Adorns and clothes Mt. 6:30
• Often grew on the tops of houses Ps. 129:6
• When young, soft and tender Pr. 27:25
• Refreshed by rain and dew Dt. 32:2; Pr. 19:12
• Cattle fed upon Job 6:5; Jer. 50:11
• Ovens often heated with Mt. 6:30
• Destroyed by
  • Locusts Rev. 9:4
  • Hail and lightning Rev. 8:7
  • Drought 1 Ki. 17:1, 18:5
• Failure of, a great calamity Isa. 15:5, 6
• Sufferings of cattle from failure of, described Jer. 14:5, 6
• Illustrative
  • Of shortness and uncertainty of life Ps. 90:5, 6, 103:15; Isa. 40:6, 7; 1 Pet. 1:24
  • Of prosperity of the wicked Ps. 92:7
  • (Refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace Ps. 72:6; Mic. 5:7
  • (On tops of houses,) of the wicked 2 Ki. 19:26; Isa. 37:27