Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

In the morning

But i shall not be

Bible References

Why dost

Job 10:14
if I sin, You would notice,
and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.
Job 13:23
How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
Isaiah 64:9
Lord, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are Your people!
Lamentations 3:42
We have sinned and rebelled;
You have not forgiven.
Lamentations 5:20
Why have You forgotten us forever,
abandoned us for our entire lives?

Take away

2 Samuel 24:10
David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away Your servant’s guilt.”
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.
Hosea 14:2
Take words of repentance with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise from our lips.
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 3:5
You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, and there is no sin in Him.

Sleep

Job 3:13
Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
Job 17:14
and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
Job 21:32
He is carried to the grave,
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

In the morning

Job 7:18
You inspect him every morning,
and put him to the test every moment.

But i shall not be

Psalm 37:36
Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.
Psalm 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

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