Topic
Tombstones
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Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which 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 people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, — read the full passage →
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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 →
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, — read the full passage →
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of 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:
So 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 the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Come unto me, all ye that labour 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, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which 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 say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell 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 a good fight, I have finished my 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: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a 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 unto this day, Absalom’s place.
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.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. — read the full passage →
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall 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 a crown of life.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. — read the full passage →
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such 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 the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man 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, that wine was before him: and 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 by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Which in his times he shall shew, 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, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to 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 supplications: and they shall look upon 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 firstborn.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. — read the full passage →
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →
Then cometh he to his 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 everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. — read the full passage →
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which 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 which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. — read the full passage →
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, — read the full passage →
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which 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. I go to prepare a place for you.
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. — read the full passage →
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.
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
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:
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; — read the full passage →
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. — read the full passage →
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. — read the full passage →
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting 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, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward 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; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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.
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