Job 27:19


“He lies down rich, but never will again;
He opens his eyes, and it is gone.

Job 24:24


“They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will [carelessly scatter and] spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which the dead have loved and which they have served, and which they have walked after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried; they will be like dung on the face of the earth.

Genesis 49:10


“The scepter [of royalty] shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes,
And to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Job 7:8


“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

Job 8:22


“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”

Job 14:10


“But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down;
Man breathes his last, and where is he?

Job 14:12-15


So man lies down and does not rise [again].
Until the heavens are no longer,
The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

Job 20:7-9


Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Job 21:23-26


“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;

Job 21:30


“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

Job 30:23


“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.

Psalm 58:9


Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

Psalm 73:19-20


How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat (believers) into His barn (kingdom), but He will burn up the chaff (the unrepentant) with unquenchable fire.”

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Bible References

Shall lie

Job 14:13

“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
Job 21:23

“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
Job 30:23

“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.

Gathered

Genesis 49:10

“The scepter [of royalty] shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes,
And to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Jeremiah 8:2
They will [carelessly scatter and] spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which the dead have loved and which they have served, and which they have walked after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried; they will be like dung on the face of the earth.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat (believers) into His barn (kingdom), but He will burn up the chaff (the unrepentant) with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

He openeth

Job 20:7

Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Psalm 58:9

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.
Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!