Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

In the morning

But i shall not be

Bible References

Why dost

Job 10:14
If I sin, then You would take note of me,
And would not acquit me of my guilt.
Job 13:23
How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.
Isaiah 64:9
Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.
Lamentations 3:42
We have transgressed and rebelled,
You have not pardoned.
Lamentations 5:20
Why do You forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us so long?

Take away

2 Samuel 24:10
Now David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.
Hosea 14:2
Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity
And receive us graciously,
That we may present the fruit of our lips.
John 1:29
The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Titus 2:14
who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 3:5
You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.

Sleep

Job 3:13
“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
Job 17:14
If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
Job 21:32
“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

In the morning

Job 7:18
That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?

But i shall not be

Psalm 37:36
Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.
Psalm 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.