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 triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Psalm 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
Psalm 73:19
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
James 1:11
For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and 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 goings.
James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Cut off

Isaiah 17:5
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing grain, and his arm reapeth the ears; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
Revelation 14:14
And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand sharp sickle.

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