'Death' in the Bible

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

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.

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

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 cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

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 sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

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

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

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

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

For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

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.

Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.

The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

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

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

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

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

Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

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, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.

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

They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.

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

The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to 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.