Philippians 1:23
But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.
2 Corinthians 5:8
so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is imminent.
Luke 23:43
And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
2 Samuel 24:14
Then David said to Gad, "I [am] greatly distressed. Please let us fall into the hand of Yahweh, because he [is] great in his compassion; but into the hand of man don't let me fall."
Job 19:26-27
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,
Psalm 16:10-11
for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.
Psalm 17:15
[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.
Psalm 49:15
Surely God will ransom my life from the {power} of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah
Psalm 73:24-26
You will guide me with your advice, and afterward you will take me [into] honor.
Luke 2:29-30
"Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word.
Luke 8:38
And the man from who the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying,
Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am distressed until it is accomplished!
John 13:1
Now before the feast of Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, [and] having loved [his] own in the world, loved them to the end.
John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
John 17:24
"Father, [those] whom you have given to me--I want that those also may be with me where I am, in order that they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Acts 7:59
And they kept on stoning Stephen [as he] was calling out and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
2 Corinthians 6:12
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your affections.
1 Thessalonians 2:1
For [you] yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain,
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.
Revelation 7:14-17
And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."