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 you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
Psalm 55:5
Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 12:4
"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
2 Peter 2:8
(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)
At rest
Isaiah 57:1
The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
Hebrews 4:9
Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them."
General references
Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.