Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Bible References

Are exalted

Job 20:5
that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Psalm 37:10
Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.
Psalm 73:19
How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

Cut off

Isaiah 17:5
It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
Revelation 14:14
Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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