Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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Romans 8:36
As it is written: For thy sake, we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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Luke 22:30
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
1 Corinthians 6:2
Know you not that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy to decide concerning the smallest matters?
Revelation 2:26
And to him that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, will I give authority over the nations;
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and the power of judging was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God; and of those who had not worshiped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark on their forehead, nor on their hand: and they lived and reigned with Christ a thou sand years.