Psalm 116:15


Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

Psalm 72:14


He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.

Luke 16:22

Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.

1 Samuel 25:29

Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound in the [precious] bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies—those He will hurl out as from the center of a sling.

Psalm 37:32-33


The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

Revelation 1:18

and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead).

Revelation 14:3

And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth.

Job 5:26


“You will come to your grave in old age,
Like the stacking of grain [on the threshing floor] in its season.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

General references

Bible References

Precious

Psalm 37:32

The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
Psalm 72:14

He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.
1 Samuel 25:29
Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound in the [precious] bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies—those He will hurl out as from the center of a sling.
Job 5:26

“You will come to your grave in old age,
Like the stacking of grain [on the threshing floor] in its season.
Luke 16:22
Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.
Revelation 1:18
and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead).
Revelation 14:3
And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth.

General references

Luke 17:15
One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying and praising and honoring God with a loud voice;