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.

Bible References

Till the heavens

Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Acts 3:21
whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.
Romans 8:20
(for the world was subjected to vanity, not willingly, but through him who made it subject:)
2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth, that now are, by the same Word are kept in store, reserved unto fire on the day of judgement and destruction of ungodly men.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth passed away, and there was no more sea.

Awake

John 11:11
Having thus answered them, He afterwards saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I am going to awake him.
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also those, that sleep in Jesus, will God bring with Him.