Job 14:8

For though a root be waxen old and dead in the ground,

Isaiah 26:19

But as for thy dead men and ours, that be departed, they are in life and resurrection. They lie in the earth, they wake, and have joy: for thy dew is a dew of life and light. But the place of the malicious Tyrants is fallen away.

John 12:24

Verily, verily I say unto you, except the wheat corn fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone. If it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

1 Corinthians 15:36

Thou fool, that which thou sowest, is not quickened except it die.

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Summary

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

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Die in the ground

Isaiah 26:19
But as for thy dead men and ours, that be departed, they are in life and resurrection. They lie in the earth, they wake, and have joy: for thy dew is a dew of life and light. But the place of the malicious Tyrants is fallen away.
John 12:24
Verily, verily I say unto you, except the wheat corn fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone. If it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
1 Corinthians 15:36
Thou fool, that which thou sowest, is not quickened except it die.

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Ecclesiastes 9:4
And why? As long as a man liveth, he is careless: for a quick dog, say they, is better than a dead lion.