36 Bible Verses about Sleep, And Death
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Thou wilt turn man even to crushing, and thou wilt say, Turn back, ye sons of man. For a thousand years in thine eyes as the day of yesterday, for it shall pass away, and watches in the night. Thou didst overwhelm them; in sleep shall they be; in the morning as the grass will pass away.read more.
In the morning it will flourish, and it will pass away at evening; it will be cut off and will dry up.
And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not
And man will die and be weak: and man will expire, and where is he? The waters departed from the sea, and the river will be wasted and dried up; And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep.
How long shall I put counsels in my soul, grief in my heart the day? how long shall mine enemy rise up against me?
And many sleeping in the earth of dust shall awake, these to eternal life, and these to reproach and eternal abhorrence.
And having time in, he says to them, Why make ye an uproar, and weep? the young child is not dead, but sleeps.
And all wept, and bewailed her: and he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeping. And they derided him, knowing that she was dead.
And David will lie down with his fathers, and be buried in the city of David.
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Behold thee lying down with thy fathers, and this people rising up and committing fornication after the gods of the foreigner of the land where he going there in the midst of him, and he forsook me and brake my covenant which I made with him.
When thy days shall be filled up and thou shalt lie down with thy fathers, and I raised up thy seed after thee which shall come forth thy bowels, and I prepared his kingdom.
And Solomon will lie down with his fathers and be buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son will reign instead of him.
And the days which Jeroboam reigned, twenty and two years, and he will lie down with his fathers; and Nadab his son will reign in his stead.
And Baasha will lie down with his fathers, and will be buried in Tirzah and his son Elah will reign in his stead.
And Jehoshaphat will lie down with his fathers, and be buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son will reign in his stead.
And Jehoash will lie down with his fathers, and he will be buried in Shomeron with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son will reign in his stead.
And Azariah will lie down with his fathers and they will bury him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jothem his son will reign in his stead.
And Ahaz will lie down with his fathers, and be buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son will reign in his stead.
And Hezekiah will lie down with his fathers, and Manasseh his son will reign in his stead.
And Manasseh will lie down with his fathers, and will be buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzzah: and Amon his son will reign in his stead.
And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Happy the dead who dying in the Lord from henceforth: Yes, says the Spirit, that they might cease from their fatigues; and their works follow with them.
These things said he: and after this he says to them, Lazarus our friend has been set to sleep; but I go, that I might waken him. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he has been set to sleep, he shall be saved. And Jesus spake of his death: but these supposed that he speaks of the repose of sleep.read more.
Then therefore Jesus said to them with freedom of speech, Lazarus is dead.
And having set the knees, he cried with a great voice, Lord, wouldest thou not set this sin to them. And having said this he was set to sleep.
Then was he seen by above five hundred brethren once for all; of whom the most remain till now, and some also are laid to rest.
Wonder not at this: for the hour comes, in which all they in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall go forth; They having done good, to rising up of life; and they having done bad, to rising up of judgment.
Who will give thou wilt hide me in hades? wilt thou cover me till the turning away of thine anger? wilt thou set for me a limit, and wilt thou remember me? If a man die, shall he live? All the days of my warfare I will wait till the coming of my change. Thou shalt call and I will answer thee: thou wilt long for the work of thy hands.
Thy dead shall live, with my corpse shall they rise. Awake and shout, ye dwelling in dust: for the dew of brightness is thy dew, and the land of the shades shall fall.
And those understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those justifying many, as the stars forever and ever.
And it was, the beggar died, and was carried by messengers into Abraham's bosom: and the rich one died also, and was buried; And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And now Was Christ raised from the dead, he was the first fruits of those having died.
And I wish you not to be ignorant, brethren, of them having been asleep, that ye should not grieve, as also the rest, they hating no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose up, so also God by Jesus Christ will bring with him them having slept. For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we the living being left at the arrival of the Lord shall not get beforehand with them having slept.read more.
For the Lord himself in the word of command, in the voice of the archangel, shall descend from heaven: and the dead in Christ shall be raised first: Then we the living being left shall be snatched up together with them in the clouds, to the meeting of the Lord in the air: and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort ye one another with these words.
And I made drunk her chiefs and her wise, her prefects and her rulers, and her strong ones: and they shall sleep an eternal sleep, and they shall not rise up, says the King, Jehovah of armies his name.
O Jehovah my God, if I did this, if there is iniquity in my hand; If I rewarded evil him being at peace with me; (and I will deliver mine enemy undeservedly:) The enemy will pursue my soul, and overtake; and he will tread down my life to the earth, and he will cause mine honor to dwell upon the dust Silence.
The mighty of heart were spoiled, they slumbered their sleep: and all the men of strength found not their hands.
In their heat I will set their drinkings, and I made them drunken so that they shall exult, and sleep an eternal sleep, and they shall not rouse up, says Jehovah.
