Job 24:19

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.

Job 21:13

“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity,
And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.

Job 6:15-17

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,

Job 21:23

“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;

Job 21:32-34

“When he is carried to his grave,
A guard will keep watch over his tomb.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

Psalm 58:8-9

Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:4-6

[There is no exemption,] but whoever is joined with all the living, has hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’

Luke 16:22

Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.

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