1 Thessalonians 4:13
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].
Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
Acts 7:60
Then falling on his knees [in worship], he cried out loudly, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them [do not charge them]!” When he had said this, he fell asleep [in death].
Romans 1:13
I do not want you to be unaware,
Genesis 37:35
Then all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in mourning for my son.” And his father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
“You are the sons of the Lord your God;
2 Samuel 12:19-20
But when David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David said to them, “Is the child dead?” And they said, “He is dead.”
2 Samuel 18:33
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it will come about when my lord the king lies down [in death] with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered
1 Kings 2:10
So David lay down with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the
Job 1:21
He said,
And naked I will return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Job 19:25-27
“For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives,
And at the last He will take His stand upon the earth.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
“Son of man, listen carefully, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] with a single stroke. Yet you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not flow.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
Matthew 27:52
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];
Luke 8:52-53
Now they were all weeping loudly and mourning for her; but He said,
John 11:11-13
He said this, and after that said,
John 11:24
Martha replied, “I know that he will rise [from the dead] in the resurrection on the last day.”
Acts 8:2
Some devout men buried Stephen, and
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was buried among his fathers and experienced decay [in the grave];
1 Corinthians 10:1
For I do not want you to be unaware, believers, that our fathers were all under the cloud [in which God’s presence went before them] and they all passed [miraculously and safely] through the [Red] Sea;
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now about the spiritual gifts [the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
1 Corinthians 15:6
After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death].
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For we say this to you by the Lord’s [own] word, that we who are still alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede [into His presence] those [believers] who have fallen asleep [in death].
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died [willingly] for us, so that whether we are awake (alive) or asleep (dead) [at Christ’s appearing], we will live together with Him [sharing eternal life].
2 Peter 3:4
and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming [what has become of it]? For ever since the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things have continued [exactly] as they did from the beginning of creation.”
2 Peter 3:8
Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Ye sorrow
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I would
Which are
Ye sorrow
And naked I will return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Which have
“For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives,
And at the last He will take His stand upon the earth.
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.