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Comfort The Dying
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and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →
`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.
Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.
A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →
Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.
And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →
Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →
`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
Precious in the eyes of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the death for His saints.
Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.
And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours--and their works do follow them!'
`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →
`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →
For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;
and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.
having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, -- — read the full passage →
`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'
`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →
Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
Better <FI>is<Fi> a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
So also <FI>is<Fi> the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; — read the full passage →
For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.
for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us-- — read the full passage →
`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;
To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;
these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying <FI>it<Fi> to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. — read the full passage →
And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,
That this God <FI>is<Fi> our God--To the age and for ever, He--he doth lead us over death!
And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →
and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'
And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →
This <FI>is<Fi> my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! — read the full passage →
`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.
all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.
`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. — read the full passage →
the last enemy is done away--death;
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,
Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God <FI>is<Fi> my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.
To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him. — read the full passage →
and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,
and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die--to the age;
Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.
for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain.
lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,
Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.
To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely. — read the full passage →
For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And turn ye back and live!
For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →
His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
One <FI>thing<Fi> I asked of Jehovah--it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple. — read the full passage →
because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
If a man dieth--doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.
and now, he hath died, why <FI>is<Fi> this--I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
Only--goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling <FI>is<Fi> in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!
for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!
For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.
but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us; — read the full passage →
`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;
so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.
I--I <FI>am<Fi> He--your comforter, Who <FI>art<Fi> thou--and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man--grass he is made!
What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?
And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →
Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!
By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?
Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. — read the full passage →
For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.
`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →
Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →
then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be; — read the full passage →
Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'
And thou hast said in that day: `I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.
and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.