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.
Death
Upright
Morning
Their
Beauty
General references
Bible References
Like
Psalm 44:11
You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.
Jeremiah 12:3
You know me, LORD. You see me and test my thoughts toward you. Pull the wicked out like sheep for slaughter; set them apart for the day of butchering.
Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."
They
Job 17:13
"If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,
Job 21:13
They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.
Job 30:23
I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.
Isaiah 38:10
I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!"
Death
Job 24:19
As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.
Upright
Psalm 47:3
He subdued nations under us, and nations under our feet.
Daniel 7:22
until the Ancient of Days arrived to pass judgment in favor of the saints of the Highest One and the time came for the saints to take possession of the kingdom.
Malachi 4:3
and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Luke 22:30
so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."
1 Corinthians 6:2
You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?
Revelation 2:26
To the person who conquers and continues to do what I've commanded to the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came back to life and ruled with the Messiah for a thousand years.
Morning
Psalm 30:5
For his wrath is only momentary; yet his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may lodge for the night, but shouts of joy will come in the morning.
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.
Their
Psalm 39:11
You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude
Job 4:21
Their wealth perishes with them, doesn't it? They die, and do so without having wisdom, don't they?"
Beauty
Job 30:23
I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."
General references
Numbers 26:53
"The land is to be divided for an inheritance according to the total number of these names.
Proverbs 14:19
Evil men will bow down in the presence of good men and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.