Death Of A Friend

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Jesus wept.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

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

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. — read the full passage →

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.