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

Beauty

General references

Bible References

Like

Psalm 44:11
Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep, and scatterest us among the Heathen.
Jeremiah 12:3
But thou LORD, to whom I am well known, thou that hast seen, and proved my heart; take them away, like as a flock is carried to the slaughter house, and appoint them for the day of slaughter.
Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For thy sake are we killed all day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain."

They

Job 17:13
Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.
Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly, they go down to hell.
Job 30:23
Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.
Isaiah 38:10
"I thought I should have gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and have wanted the residue of my years.

Death

Job 24:19
O that they, for the wickedness which they have done, were drawn to the hell, sooner than snow melteth at the heat.

Upright

Psalm 47:3
He shall subdue the people under us, and the Heathen under our feet.
Daniel 7:22
till the time that the Ancient of Days came, that the judgment was given to the chiefest saints; and till the time that the saints had the kingdom in possession.
Malachi 4:3
Ye shall tread down the ungodly: for they shall be like the ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day that I shall make, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Luke 22:30
that ye may eat, and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on seats, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel."
1 Corinthians 6:2
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? If the world shall be judged by you: are ye not good enough to judge small trifles?
Revelation 2:26
and whosoever overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over nations,
Revelation 20:4
And I saw seats, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God: which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had taken his mark upon their foreheads, or on their hands: and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Morning

Psalm 30:5
For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Hosea 6:3
Then shall we have understanding, and endeavor ourselves to know the LORD. He shall go forth as the spring of the day, and come unto us as the evening and morning rain upon the earth."

Their

Psalm 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.
Job 4:21
Is not their dignity taken away with them? They shall die - and not in wisdom.'

Beauty

Job 30:23
Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.

General references

Numbers 26:53
"Unto these the land shall be divided to inherit, according to the number of names:
Proverbs 14:19
The evil shall bow themselves before the good; and the ungodly shall wait at the doors of the righteous.