Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Preparation for
And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn in fear.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Let me know how frail I am.
In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says LORD, Set thy house in order, for thou shall die, and not live.
Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
For here we have no enduring city, but we seek that which is coming.
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.
So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Yea, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.
Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning, and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him. Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.
in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.
death » The Dead
And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them.
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What Heaven Will Be LikeLast ThingsLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfUniversality Of DeathHeaven, Redeemed CommunityPeace, Believers Experience OfRest, EternalRest, PhysicalSabbath, In OtSleep, And DeathWork, And RestAfflictions, Consolation DuringDeath Of The SaintsDeath Of The Saints, Results InCoping With DeathAssenting
For he who has died has been made righteous away from sin.
The dead do not praise LORD, nor any who go down into silence,
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, nor have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, has perished long ago, nor have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed, in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be transformed.
natural Death » When averted for a season, is a motive to increased devotedness
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of LORD.
LORD is [ready] to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of LORD.
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see LORD, [even] LORD in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. read more.
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me. I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me. Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth. LORD is [ready] to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of LORD. Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of LORD?
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me. I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me. Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth. LORD is [ready] to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of LORD. Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of LORD?
Hope » Life is the season of
Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Hope » Who cannot hope for the truth of the lord
O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
natural Life » Is compared to » A shepherd's tent removed
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see LORD, [even] LORD in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me. read more.
I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me. Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me. Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Praise » Who does not praise the lord
The dead do not praise LORD, nor any who go down into silence,
O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see LORD, [even] LORD in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. read more.
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me. I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me. Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth. LORD is [ready] to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of LORD.
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night thou will make an end of me. I quieted [myself] until morning. As a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day even to night will thou make an end of me. Like a swallow [or] a crane, so I chattered. I moaned as a dove. My eyes fail [with looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit. Therefore recover thou me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back. For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth. LORD is [ready] to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of LORD.