Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Till the heavens
General references
Bible References
So man
Job 10:21
before I go, and I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 30:23
For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which happens to the sons of men also happens to beasts, even one thing happens to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast; for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
also they are afraid of the high place, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;
Till the heavens
Job 19:25
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;
Psalm 102:26
They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall become old like a garment; like a robe You shall change them, and they shall 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 become old like a garment; and its inhabitants shall die in the same way. But My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not be broken.
Isaiah 65:17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the things before will not be remembered, nor come to mind.
Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make stand before Me, says Jehovah, so will your seed and your name stand.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
Acts 3:21
whom Heaven truly needs to receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.
Romans 8:20
For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope
2 Peter 3:7
But the present heavens and the earth being kept in store by the same Word, are being kept for fire until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and Him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And a 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 had passed away. And the sea no longer is.
Awake
Job 3:13
For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest
Job 7:21
And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead ones shall live, together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is as the dew of lights, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
John 11:11
He said these things; and after that He said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go so that I may awaken him out of sleep.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, "Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
General references
Ecclesiastes 9:4
For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?