'Die' in the Bible
And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,“Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies?
He wrote in the letter, “Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and leave him, so that he may be struck down and die.”
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has allowed your sin to pass [without further punishment]; you shall not die.
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have given [a great] opportunity to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme [Him], the son that is born to you shall certainly die.”
For we will certainly die and are like water that is spilled on the ground and cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not [simply] take away life, but devises plans so that the one who is banished is not driven away from Him.
But the men said, “You should not go out [to battle with us]. For if in fact we retreat, they will not care about us; even if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. So now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city [of Mahanaim].”
Therefore the king said to Shimei, “You shall not be put to death.” And so the king gave him his promise.
Please let your servant return, so that I may die in my own city [and be buried] by the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham [my son]; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”
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- Break (282 instances)
- Choke (6 instances)
- Decease (2 instances)
- Dice (7 instances)
- Die (540 instances)
- Exit (3 instances)
- Expire (16 instances)
- Fail (169 instances)
- Last (354 instances)
- Matrix (5 instances)
- Mint (2 instances)
- Mold (5 instances)
- Pass (1244 instances)
- Perish (200 instances)
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