Job 3:17

Job Wishes He Had Died

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“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.
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“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
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“There the prisoners rest together;
They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.

Job

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

The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart;
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

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:4

“I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.

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, ‘Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”