Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Bible References
The death
Luke 2:29
"Now, O Sovereign Lord, Thou dost send Thy servant away in peace, in fulfilment of Thy word,
1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no one boast about his human teachers.
1 Corinthians 15:53
For so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal.
Philippians 1:21
For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
2 Timothy 4:6
I for my part am like a drink-offering which is already being poured out; and the time for my departure is now close at hand.
2 Peter 1:13
But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice speaking from Heaven. It said, "Write as follows: "'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the Spirit, let them rest from their sorrowful labours; for what they have done goes with them.'"