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 accounted as sheep for the slaughter.)
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Luke 22:30
That ye 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 ye not, that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Revelation 2:26
And he that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of them who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the wild beast nor his image, neither had received the mark on their forehead or on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.