Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Bible References
The righteous
Luke 2:29
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory; The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yea, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raiseth the dead:
2 Corinthians 5:8
We behave undauntedly, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.
Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom; to whom be the glory for ever, and ever.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying to me, Write: From henceforth happy are the dead who die in the Lord: Yea (saith the Spirit) that they may rest from their labours. Their works follow them.