Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
At rest
General references
Bible References
The wicked
Job 14:13
O that thou wouldest keep me, and hide me in the hell, until thy wrath were stilled: and to appoint me a time, wherein thou mightest remember me.
Psalm 55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and a horrible dread hath overwhelmed me.
Matthew 10:28
And fear ye not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body into hell.
Luke 12:4
I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,
2 Peter 2:8
For he being righteous and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds -
At rest
Isaiah 57:1
But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,
Hebrews 4:9
There remaineth therefore yet a rest to the people of God.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead, which hereafter die in the Lord: Even so, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; but their works shall follow them.'"
General references
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I judged those that are dead, to be more happy than such as be alive.