Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

The elements

Bible References

As a

Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
Luke 12:39
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.
Revelation 16:15
"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

In the which

Psalm 102:26
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
Hebrews 1:11
They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does.
Revelation 20:11
I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
Revelation 21:1
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

The elements

2 Peter 3:12
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

General references

Psalm 97:3
A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
Psalm 114:4
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Matthew 24:36
But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
Luke 12:39
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.