Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Incorruptible
Undefiled
General references
Bible References
Incorruptible
1 Corinthians 9:25
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
1 Corinthians 15:52
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Undefiled
Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Fadeth
1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass.
Ezekiel 47:12
And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Reserved
Psalm 31:19
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,
Colossians 3:3
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
General references
Deuteronomy 12:9
for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
Matthew 6:20
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.