1 Thessalonians 4:13
We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.
Acts 7:60
Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.
Romans 1:13
Brothers, I would like you to understand that I have often purposed to come to you (though up till now I have been prevented) so as to have some results among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
Matthew 27:52
the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up ??53 they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.
Luke 8:52-53
Everyone was weeping and bewailing her, but he said, "Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep."
John 11:11-13
This he said, then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; I am going to waken him."
John 11:24
"I know," said Martha, "he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him,
Acts 13:36
Of course David, after serving God's purpose in his own generation, died and was laid beside his fathers; he suffered decay,
1 Corinthians 10:1
For I would have you know this, my brothers, that while our fathers all lived under the cloud, all crossed through the sea,
1 Corinthians 12:1
But I want you to understand about spiritual gifts, brothers.
1 Corinthians 15:6
after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died;
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
More than that: those who have slept the sleep of death in Christ have perished after all.
2 Corinthians 1:8
Now I would like you to know about the distress which befell me in Asia, brothers. I was crushed, crushed far more than I could stand, so much so that I despaired even of life;
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us that waking in life or sleeping in death we should live together with him.
2 Peter 3:4
asking, "Where is His promised advent? Since the day our fathers fell asleep, things remain exactly as they were from the beginning of creation."
2 Peter 3:8
Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.