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Job 24:24 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

are exalted		Job 20:5; Psa 37:10,35,36; Psa 73:19; Psa 92:7; Jam 1:11; Jam 5:1-3
gone		Heb. not. Job 8:22; *marg:
taken out		Heb. closed up
cut off		Isa 17:5,6; Rev 14:14-20

Correlating Passages

are exalted

	Job 20:5	That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
	Psa 37:10	For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].
	Psa 37:35	I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
	Psa 37:36	Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
	Psa 73:19	How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
	Psa 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:
	Jam 1:11	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.
	Jam 5:1	Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].
	Jam 5:2	Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
	Jam 5:3	Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

gone

Job 8:22

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

cut off

	Isa 17:5	And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
	Isa 17:6	Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four [or] five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
	Rev 14:14	And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
	Rev 14:15	And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
	Rev 14:16	And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
	Rev 14:17	And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
	Rev 14:18	And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
	Rev 14:19	And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
	Rev 14:20	And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 24:24," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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