Thematic Bible: Mortality of


Thematic Bible



Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."


When he entered he said to them, "Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,




Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.



For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.



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