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
Be watching, therefore, for ye know not, on what manner of day, your Lord is coming.
Luke 12:39
But, of this, be taking note - Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know - that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;
Revelation 3:3
Remember, therefore, how thou hast received, and didst hear, and keep it and repent. If then thou shall not watch, I will have come as a thief, and in nowise shalt thou get to know, during what sort of hour, I will have come upon thee.
Revelation 16:15
Lo! I come as a thief! Happy, he that is watching, and keeping his garments, lest, naked, he be walking, and they see his shame. -

In the which

Psalm 102:26
They, shall perish, But, thou, wilt abide; And, they all, like a garment, shall fall in pieces, As a vesture, wilt thou change them and they shall vanish;
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up - to the heavens - your eyes, And look around to the earth beneath Though, the heavens, like smoke, should have vanished And, the earth, like a garment, should fall to pieces, And, her inhabitants, in like manner, should die, Yet, my salvation, unto times age-abiding, shall continue, And, my righteousness, shall not be broken down.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth, shall pass away, but, my words, shall, in nowise, pass away.
Mark 13:31
The heaven and the earth, shall pass away, but, my words, shall not pass away.
Romans 8:20
For, unto vanity, hath creation been made subject - not by choice, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope
Hebrews 1:11
They, shall perish, but, thou, abidest still, and, all, as a mantle, shall be worn out,
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that was sitting thereon, from whose face fled the earth and heaven, and, place, was not found for them.
Revelation 21:1
And 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
Expecting and hastening the presence of the day of God, by reason of which, heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and, elements, becoming intensely hot, are to be melted;

General references

Psalm 97:3
Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries.
Psalm 114:4
The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man, seeth calamity - he hideth himself, the simple, pass on - they suffer.
Matthew 24:36
But, concerning that day and hour, no one, knoweth, neither the messengers of the heavens, nor the Son, - save the Father only.
Mark 13:24
But, in those days, after that tribulation, the sun, shall be darkened, and, the moon, will not give her brightness,
Luke 12:39
But, of this, be taking note - Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.