Death of the Righteous

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

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

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, …

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— …

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. …

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

…and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

…and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

…because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”