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 the Scripture says: "For your sake we are being put to death the livelong day; we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."
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Luke 22:30
so I confer on you the privilege of eating and drinking at my table in my kingdom and of sitting on thrones and judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
1 Corinthians 6:2
Do you not know that God's people are to judge the world? And if the world is to be judged before you, are you unfit to try such petty cases?
Revelation 2:26
To him who conquers and continues to the very end to do the works that please me, I will give authority over the heathen;
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.