Death: Preparation For
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Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
Psalm 39:4, 13
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 9:4, 10
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. / Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 11:7, 8
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. / So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Isaiah 38:18, 19
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. / The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
Luke 12:35–37
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning. / Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. / Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
John 9:4
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Romans 14:8
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.
Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Hebrews 13:14
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
James 4:15
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
1 Peter 1:17
Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.