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Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. (niv)
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Daniel 12:2
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. (niv)
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2 Peter 3 4
They will say,“ Where is this‘ coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” (niv)
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Acts 7:60
Then he fell on his knees and cried out,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 5 10
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. (niv)
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John 11:11-13
After he had said this, he went on to tell them,“ Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”His disciples replied,“ Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 15 6
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. (niv)
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Acts 13:36
“ Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. (niv)
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Acts 8:2
Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. (niv)
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1 Kings 2 10
Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. (niv)
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Job 19:25-27
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;I myself will see him with my own eyes— I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! (niv)
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Proverbs 14:32
When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God. (niv)
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Luke 8:52-53
Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her.“ Stop wailing,” Jesus said.“ She is not dead but asleep.”They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. (niv)
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Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me:“ Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say,‘ Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 4 15
According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 14:1-2
You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession. (niv)
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Matthew 27:52
and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 15 18-1 Corinthians 15 19
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (niv)
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2 Peter 3 8
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. (niv)
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Romans 1:13
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you( but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. (niv)
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1 Kings 1 21
Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.” (niv)
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John 11:24
Martha answered,“ I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” (niv)
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Leviticus 19:28
“‘ Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 1 8
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 10 1
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. (niv)
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Ezekiel 24:16-18
“ Son of man, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears.Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.”So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded. (niv)
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Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted.“ No,” he said,“ I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him. (niv)
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2 Samuel 12 19-2 Samuel 12 20
David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead.“ Is the child dead?” he asked.“ Yes,” they replied,“ he is dead.”Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 12 1
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. (niv)
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2 Samuel 18 33
The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said:“ O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you— O Absalom, my son, my son!” (niv)
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Job 1:21
and said:“ Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” (niv)