Matthew 27:52
The tombs were split open and many [dead] bodies were tossed upright [on the ground].
1 Corinthians 15:20
Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].
1 Thessalonians 4:14
If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus.
Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. He will take away the disgrace of His people from the earth. Jehovah has spoken!
Isaiah 26:19
But your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. You, who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death! O death, where are your stings (plagues)? O grave, where is your destruction (devastation)? Compassion will be concealed from my eyes. (1 Co 15:54-57)
John 5:25-29
Truly I tell you, the hour is coming when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear (listen) (understand) will live.
Acts 7:60
He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them. After saying this he fell asleep in death.
1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold, I show you a secret. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us, that, whether we are awake in this life or sleep in death, we should live together with him.