Deceased Watching Over

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

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

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: — read the full passage →

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.

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. — read the full passage →

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: — read the full passage →

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. — read the full passage →

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.

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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 it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. — read the full passage →

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: — read the full passage →

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: — read the full passage →

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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. — read the full passage →

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.