Psalm 89:48
What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.
Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith [that pleased God] Enoch was caught up and taken to heaven so that he would not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found because God had taken him; for even before he was taken [to heaven], he received the testimony [still on record] that he had walked with God and pleased Him.
Job 30:23
“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.
Psalm 22:29
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Psalm 49:7-9
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
John 8:51
Acts 2:27
‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].
2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and will present us [along] with you in His presence.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,
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What
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—
“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.
There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.
Shall
But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.
‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].
General references
Considering these [tragedies], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not help us]?
Will You keep silent and humiliate and oppress us beyond measure?