17 Bible Verses about Death, Preparation For
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O Jehovah, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I know how frail I am.
For both if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore both if we live, and if we die, we are the Lord's.
In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, So says Jehovah, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.
If they were wise, they would understand this; they would consider their latter end!
For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
Also the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun; but if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
For the grave cannot praise You, death can not rejoice in You; they who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth. The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make Your truth known to the sons.
I must work the works of Him who sent Me, while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear,
but if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Therefore you also be ready, for in that hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.
