18 Bible Verses about Death Of The Righteous
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The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.
for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, 'Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' 'Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
for to me to live is Christ, and to die gain. And if to live in the flesh is to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not; for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,
Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.
He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, Each is going straightforward.
lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to 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 hath arrived; the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,
Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.
and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'
and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, 'Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.
And thou, go on to the end, then thou dost rest, and dost stand in thy lot at the end of the days.'
For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens, for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves, if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we shall not be found naked,
