Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

General references

Bible References

The angels

Matthew 13:39
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
Matthew 24:31
And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet and they will gather together His elect (God’s chosen ones) from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

And sever

Matthew 22:12
and he said, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wearing the wedding clothes [that were provided for you]?’ And the man was speechless and without excuse.
Matthew 25:5
Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all began to nod off, and they fell asleep.
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the dead were judged according to what they had done as written in the books [that is, everything done while on earth].

General references

Psalm 37:38

As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.