But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,

I am constrained of two things. I desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which thing is best of all:

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead, which hereafter die in the Lord: Even so, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; but their works shall follow them.'"

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And an answer was given him of the holy ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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And Israel said unto Joseph, "Now I am content to die, insomuch I have seen thee, that thou art yet alive."

Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.