Bible Verses About Death: Of the righteous
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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.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Verses on Of the righteous
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
19Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
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.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
7For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
23And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.