Job 3:17
“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
Job 17:16
“Will my hope go down with me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)?
Shall we go down together in the dust?”
Job 14:13
“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
Psalm 55:5-8
Fear and trembling have come upon me;
Horror has overwhelmed me.
Isaiah 57:1-2
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.
Matthew 10:28
Luke 12:4
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
Hebrews 4:9
So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].
2 Peter 2:8
(for that just man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by what he saw and heard of their lawless acts),
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘
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At rest
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The wicked
“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
Fear and trembling have come upon me;
Horror has overwhelmed me.
At rest
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.