Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Preparation for
And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
"Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I [am]."
In those days Hezekiah became {deathly ill}, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Command your house, for you [are about] to die; you will not recover.'"
Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!
For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore whether we live [or] whether we die, we are the Lord's.
For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the [city] that is to come.
If only they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern {for themselves their end}.
Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.
So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
The light is sweet, and it [is] pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!
For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. [The] living, [the] living one praises you like me today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning. And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately. Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.
Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
death » Christ conqueror of » Preparation for
And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
In those days Hezekiah became {deathly ill}, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Command your house, for you [are about] to die; you will not recover.'"
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!
For this [reason] you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come].
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.
death » Nearness of » Preparation for
And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
In those days Hezekiah became {deathly ill}, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Command your house, for you [are about] to die; you will not recover.'"
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!
For this [reason] you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come].
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.
Joy » Of the wicked
Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.
Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!
And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults, no one shouts for joy; no treader treads wine in the presses; I have put to an end to [the] jubilant shout.
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.
Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity! Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Joy » Vanity of seeking, from earthly things
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!
I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.
Readiness » For death » Preparation for
And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
In those days Hezekiah became {deathly ill}, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Command your house, for you [are about] to die; you will not recover.'"
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!
For this [reason] you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come].
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.