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
If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!
Job 21:23
One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure.
Job 30:23
Yes, I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.

Gathered

Genesis 49:10
The royal scepter shall not depart from Judah. His descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. This, until Shiloh comes and all will obey him.
Jeremiah 8:2
They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky. These are the things that they had loved, served, gone after, sought, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered or buried, but they will become manure on the ground.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing!

He openeth

Job 20:7
he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say: Where is he?
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
Psalm 73:19
How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.