And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary be at rest. {weary: Heb. wearied in strength}

We are confident, {I say}, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

His lord said unto him, Well done, {thou} good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds {of spices} prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. {had made: Heb. had digged}

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;

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves {are} round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of {them that be} slain.

The way of the just {is} uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I {am} the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. {perfect: or, upright, or, sincere}

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

All the kings of the nations, {even} all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go {to be} among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. {sleep: Heb. lie down}

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, {his...: Gr. the angels of his power}

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. {rest: or, keeping of a sabbath}

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

He pursued them, {and} passed safely; {even} by the way {that} he had not gone with his feet. {safely: Heb. in peace}