Topic
Tombstones
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Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, — read the full passage →
Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, — read the full passage →
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.
Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest? — read the full passage →
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;
And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. — read the full passage →
And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. — read the full passage →
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument, unto this day.
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. — read the full passage →
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. — read the full passage →
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →
I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. — read the full passage →
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: — read the full passage →
in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. — read the full passage →
And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. — read the full passage →
Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? — read the full passage →
The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,
Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →
Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. — read the full passage →
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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, — read the full passage →
howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.
And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. — read the full passage →
In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee. — read the full passage →
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
Now I would have you know, brethren, that the thingswhich happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel; — read the full passage →
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, eventhe lake of fire.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. — read the full passage →
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: — read the full passage →
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.