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.
In the which
The elements
General references
Bible References
As a
Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes.
Luke 12:39
And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so comes.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received, and heard, and do thou, and repent. If therefore thou watch not, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I shall come upon thee.
Revelation 16:15
(Behold, I come as a thief. Happy he watching, and keeping his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
In the which
Psalm 102:26
They shall perish and thou shalt stand. And all they shall fall away as a garment; as clothing thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look to the earth from beneath: for the heavens as smoke vanished away, and the earth as a garment shall decay, and they inhabiting as thus shall die; and my salvation shall be forever, and my justice shall not be broken.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words should not pass away.
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away, and my words shall not pass away.
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him having subjected in hope,
Hebrews 1:11
These shall be destroyed; but thou remainest; and they all as a garment shall grow old;
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him sitting upon it, from the face of whom the earth and the heaven fled; and there was found no place for them.
Revelation 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth passed away; and the sea was no more.
The elements
2 Peter 3:12
Expecting and seeking earnestly the presence of the day of God, during which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements going to be burned are melted away?
General references
Psalm 97:3
Fire shall go before him and shall burn up his enemies round about
Psalm 114:4
The mountains leaped as rains, the hills as the sons of the flock.
Proverbs 27:12
The prudent one saw the evil, he hid himself; the simple passed and were punished.
Matthew 24:36
And concerning that day and hour, none know, nor the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only.
Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that pressure, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Luke 12:39
And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined.