1 Thessalonians 4:13
But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13
But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
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Genesis 22:20
After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;
Job 14:5
If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
Job 14:14
If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
Job 14:15
At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
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Genesis 38:12
And after a time, Bath-shua, Judah's wife, came to her end; and after Judah was comforted for her loss, he went to Timnah, where they were cutting the wool of his sheep, and his friend Hirah of Adullam went with him.
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Genesis 44:31
When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.
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Genesis 50:1
And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.
Numbers 20:29
And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.
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Genesis 50:3
And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.
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Leviticus 10:2
And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
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Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
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Leviticus 18:6
You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 19:27
The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.
Jeremiah 47:5
The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves.
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Leviticus 21:1
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
Leviticus 21:3
And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
Leviticus 21:4
But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
Leviticus 21:6
Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
Leviticus 22:4
No man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or who has a flow from his body, may take of the holy food till he is clean. And any man touching anything which is unclean because of the dead, or any man whose seed goes from him;
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Leviticus 25:28
But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.
Isaiah 35:9
No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,
Isaiah 35:10
Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
Jeremiah 32:15
For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, There will again be trading in houses and fields and vine-gardens in this land.
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Judges 12:2
And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.
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1 Samuel 4:17
And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.
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1 Samuel 4:18
And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.
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2 Samuel 7:12
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
1 Kings 1:21
For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.
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2 Samuel 12:19
But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
2 Samuel 18:33
Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Job 1:21
With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
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2 Kings 13:14
Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!
John 11:36
So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!
John 11:37
But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?
John 11:38
So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
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Job 14:7
For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
Job 14:8
Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
Job 14:9
Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.
Job 14:10
But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
Job 24:20
The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.
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Job 11:18
And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;
Job 11:19
Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;
Psalms 3:5
I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.
Psalms 4:8
I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.
Psalms 127:2
It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
Jeremiah 31:26
At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Acts 12:6
And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.
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Psalms 16:8
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
John 10:14
I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
John 10:15
Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
John 10:28
And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
John 10:29
That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.
Acts 2:26
And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:
Romans 8:35
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
Romans 8:36
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
Romans 8:37
But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
Romans 8:38
For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,
Romans 8:39
Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Psalms 39:5
You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
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Psalms 39:6
Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
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Psalms 76:5
Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.
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2 Samuel 1:24
O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
Acts 9:39
And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Acts 9:41
And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Jeremiah 31:15
So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.
Jeremiah 31:16
The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.
Luke 7:13
And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
John 20:15
Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.
1 Corinthians 7:30
And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
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Song of Solomon 2:2
As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.
Song of Solomon 5:2
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
Song of Solomon 6:2
My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:9
And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.
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Isaiah 38:10
I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
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Isaiah 38:18
For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.
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Isaiah 54:6
For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.
Joel 1:8
Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
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Isaiah 57:10
You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.
Acts 27:20
And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
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Jeremiah 12:17
But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:40
And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
Jeremiah 16:5
For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.
Jeremiah 22:10
Let there be no weeping for the dead, and make no songs of grief for him: but make bitter weeping for him who has gone away, for he will never come back or see again the country of his birth.
Ezekiel 24:17
Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.
Ezekiel 24:18
So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.
Ezekiel 24:21
Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.
Ezekiel 24:22
And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
Ezekiel 24:23
And your head-dresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet: there will be no sorrow or weeping; but you will be wasting away in the punishment of your evil-doing, and you will be looking at one another in wonder.
Ezekiel 24:24
And Ezekiel will be a sign to you; everything he has done you will do: when this takes place, you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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Jeremiah 22:19
They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 34:5
You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kings before you, will be made for you; and they will be weeping for you and saying, Ah lord! for I have said the word, says the Lord.
Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,
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Jeremiah 41:5
Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.
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Matthew 6:20
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Luke 12:33
Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
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Matthew 8:21
And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.
Luke 9:59
And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
Luke 9:60
But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 19:26
And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
Matthew 27:53
And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.
Mark 12:40
Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.
Luke 14:14
And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
Luke 20:35
But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;
John 16:16
After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.
Acts 20:10
And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.
Romans 14:11
For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.
Philippians 3:11
If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
Hebrews 9:19
For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,
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Matthew 24:30
And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew 24:31
And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Luke 21:27
And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.
Revelation 1:7
See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.
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Luke 8:53
And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.
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Luke 23:43
And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
2 Corinthians 12:2
I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.
2 Corinthians 12:3
And I have knowledge of such a man (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only),
2 Corinthians 12:4
How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.
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Matthew 5:7
Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
Matthew 19:27
Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?
John 3:16
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
John 5:26
For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
John 5:27
And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.
John 6:44
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
Ephesians 2:6
So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
Philippians 3:10
That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
Revelation 11:12
And a great voice from heaven came to their ears, saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and were seen by those desiring their death.
Revelation 21:4
And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
Revelation 22:12
See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.
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Psalms 73:24
Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
Isaiah 25:8
He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
John 5:29
And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
John 17:24
Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
Romans 13:11
See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
1 Corinthians 15:23
But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.
1 Corinthians 15:56
The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
1 Corinthians 15:57
But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:6
So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
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Luke 20:36
And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.
John 6:40
This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.
John 14:21
He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
Acts 7:59
And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
Romans 14:8
As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
1 Corinthians 3:22
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last power to come to an end is death.
Philippians 1:22
But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.
Philippians 3:9
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 11:40
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
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John 11:9
Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.
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John 11:10
But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
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John 20:13
They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.
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Luke 8:10
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
Acts 17:3
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
Acts 17:7
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
1 Corinthians 11:3
But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
Colossians 4:3
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
1 Thessalonians 1:10
Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;
1 Thessalonians 4:1
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;
Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
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Acts 17:20
For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.
Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
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Acts 17:23
For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.
1 Corinthians 1:19
As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
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1 Corinthians 15:42
So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:
1 Corinthians 15:43
It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:
1 Corinthians 15:44
It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.
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2 Corinthians 5:2
For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:
2 Corinthians 5:3
So that our spirits may not be unclothed.
2 Corinthians 5:4
For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.
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John 3:3
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
John 3:5
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 5:16
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
2 Corinthians 5:17
So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
Galatians 6:15
For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
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2 Corinthians 1:11
You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.
Philippians 1:12
Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;
Colossians 2:1
For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;
1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
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1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;
1 Thessalonians 3:10
Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.
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1 Thessalonians 4:4
So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;
1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
1 Thessalonians 4:12
That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
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Psalms 116:15
Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
John 3:36
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
John 5:28
Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,
John 6:54
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.
John 11:24
Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.
Romans 11:26
And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
1 Corinthians 4:5
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
Hebrews 11:13
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Revelation 20:4
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.
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John 4:22
You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.
Acts 28:20
But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.
Romans 4:6
As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,
Romans 4:25
Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.
Romans 5:9
Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.
Romans 5:10
For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
Colossians 1:23
If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;
Hebrews 6:18
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
1 Peter 1:9
For so you have the true end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Proverbs 17:22
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Jeremiah 14:8
O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
Jeremiah 17:13
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Romans 5:1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
Colossians 1:27
To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
1 Peter 3:15
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
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1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
1 Peter 3:19
By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
1 Peter 3:20
Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
1 Peter 3:21
And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
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Matthew 17:3
And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.
Revelation 6:9
And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.
Revelation 6:10
And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?
Revelation 6:11
And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.
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Revelation 22:2
In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.
Revelation 22:3
And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;
Revelation 22:4
And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows.
Revelation 22:5
And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
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