Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Preparation for
And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.
In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For both if we should live, it is to the Lord we live; and if we should die, it is to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.
For for me to live is Christ, and to die gain;
for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.
Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!
Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun; but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning; and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
instead of your saying, If the Lord should so will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
death » Christ conqueror of » Preparation for
And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes.
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
death » Nearness of » Preparation for
And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes.
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
Joy » Of the wicked
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
And joy and gladness is taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, I have made the cry of the winepress to cease.
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk.
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity. Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Joy » Vanity of seeking, from earthly things
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.
Readiness » For death » Preparation for
And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes.
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;