18 Bible Verses about Death Of The Righteous
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The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.
For both if we should live, it is to the Lord we live; and if we should die, it is to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.
And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.
we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
For for me to live is Christ, and to die gain; but if to live in flesh is my lot, this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell. But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better,
The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death.
He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, each one that hath walked in his uprightness.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come. I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who love his appearing.
knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily to take place, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;
Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou God of truth.
And Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired.
But do thou go thy way until the end; and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which is from heaven; if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.
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