Thematic Bible: The Death of saints


Thematic Bible





“I am going the way of all the earth [as dust to dust]. Be strong and prove yourself a man. Verse ConceptsSpiritual VitalityStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenBe Strong!MasculinityBeing Yourself

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up out of this land to the land which He promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob [to give you].” Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofProperty, LandThe Promised LandGod VisitingNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenDeath Approaching

“Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God has promised concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed. Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfConfidence, In God's WordCertaintyAssurance in the life of faithGod's PromisesBible MemorizationPromises To Stand onNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenPromises concerning





and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire, Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfAngels as agents of judgmentAngels, Ministry To ChristFire Of ChristChrist And HeavenAccompanying The Second ComingVoice Of The Archangelrelaxingrelaxation


“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.
Verse ConceptsRest, EternalRestlessnessDeath Of The Saints, Results InNo TroubleResttired

Now Elisha had become sick with the illness by which he would die. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, “O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” Verse ConceptsHorsesVisitingWeepingDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfVisiting Of The SickVisitationDuplicating WordsHeavenly ChariotsHow Death Is InevitableSick IndividualsMourning In RegretList Of Kings Of IsraelIllnesscancer

Elisha died, and they buried him. Now marauding bands of Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year. Verse ConceptsSpringInvasions

“Therefore, behold, [King Josiah,] I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be taken to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil (catastrophe) which I will bring on this place.”’” So they brought back word to the king. Cross references: 2 Kings 22:4 : 2 Kin 12:4 end of crossrefs Verse ConceptsDeath In PeaceGathered To One's People



Your dead will live;
Their dead bodies will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],
And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.
Verse ConceptsAfterlifeeternal life, nature ofDust, Figurative UsedewBodyMorningResurrection, Of BelieversShoutingSleep, And DeathDeath Of The Saints, Results InWakefulnessCreatures Returning To DustThe Dead Are RaisedWake Up!Meaning Of The Risen LifeHerbsThe ResurrectionDeath ofRisingrevivalawakeningdust


Now also we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about those who fall asleep [ in death], that you may not grieve [for them] as the rest do who have no hope [beyond the grave]. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him through Jesus those who have fallen asleep [ in death]. For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. read more.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.


So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfServant Leadershipfearlesstoughness




The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
Verse ConceptsHope, of The SaintsLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathProverbsRighteous, ThePunishment Of the WickedContinuing In SinDeath Of The Righteous

Isaac’s spirit departed and he died and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death], an old man full of days (satisfied, fulfilled); his sons Esau and Jacob buried him [in the cave of Machpelah with his parents Abraham and Sarah]. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfOld Age, Attainment OfDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherFamily Death

When Jacob (Israel) had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death]. Verse ConceptsBedsDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfLast WordsGathered To One's People

After Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. Verse ConceptsDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfPeople Stripping PeoplePriests Garments

All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithForeignersBeing A PilgrimBelieversAdventureGod's PromisesWaitingYear Of JubileeFaith, Object OfPilgrimsSaints, As PilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfSeeing At A DistanceExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersPromises concerningKeeping FaithPromisesHaving FaithAliensdistanceheroesconfessingperformance


“Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob
And the number of even the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God],
And let my end be like his!”
Verse ConceptsUncountableNumerous As DustA Fourth PartDeath Of God's PeopleMany In Israelcredibility

Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death]. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfAfterlifeAgingDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfGathered To One's PeopleDeathAge

It happened after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, at the age of a hundred and ten years. Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100Servanthood, In Life Of BelieversDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfAge At Death



He enters into peace [through death];
They rest in their beds (graves),
Each one who walked uprightly [following God’s will, living with integrity].
Verse ConceptsPeace, Believers Experience OfRest, EternalThe Righteous PerishingDeath Of The RighteousSleeping Peacefully



But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony. Verse ConceptsLimitednessRiches, Ungodly Use OfDeath Of The Saints, Results InPainful MemoriesReversalsGiving Good ThingsBad SituationsGod Has ComfortedOvercoming Adversity



During that time it happened that she became sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upstairs room. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesStairwaysDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfCorpses Of Other PeopleUpper Rooms


“Now, Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to leave [this world] in peace,
According to Your word;
Verse ConceptsDeath, Of BelieversPeace, Believers Experience OfLove For GodNowAccording To ThingsGoing In PeaceDeath Desired


“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.
Verse ConceptsThe Finality Of DeathAre The Dead Raised?Death Is FinalstruggleLife StrugglesLife After DeathStrugglesRenewal