'Death' in the Bible

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

“[Crush and] hide them in the dust together;Shut them up in the hidden place [the house of death].

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),Even all the nations who forget God.

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

I beat them to death; they fall at my feet.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

LORD, you brought me from death; you kept me alive so that I did not descend into the Pit.

“What gain is there in my death,if I go down to the Pit?Will the dust praise You?Will it proclaim Your truth?

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Evil brings death to the wicked,and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

The stouthearted have been stripped of their spoil,They have slept the sleep [of death];And none of the warriors could use his hands.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep [of death].

the anger of God rose against them, and he killed some of the stoutest of them, even the young men of Israel he caused to bow down [in death].

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.

Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

From my youth,I have been afflicted and near death.I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

You crushed the proud one to death; with your powerful arm you scattered your enemies.

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

If the Lord had not been my helper,I would soon rest in the silence of death.

They band together against the life of the righteousand condemn the innocent to death.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish.

He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength.

So He gave them their request,But sent a wasting disease among them.

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

For he did not think to show kindness,but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenheartedin order to put them to death.

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.

Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast.

He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death;

To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

For length of days and years of life [worth living]And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

For she has brought many down to death;her victims are countless.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

The ransom for a man’s life is his wealth,But the poor man does not even have to listen to a rebuke or threats [from the envious].

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.