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DEATH (Full Entry)

Miscellaneous Subjects

  • Called GIVING UP THE GHOST -- Gen 25:8; 35:29; Lam 1:19; Acts 5:10
  • KING OF TERRORS -- Job 18:14
  • A CHANGE -- Job 14:14
  • GOING TO THY FATHERS -- Gen 15:15; 25:8; 35:29
  • PUTTING OFF THIS TABERNACLE -- 2 Pet 1:14
  • REQUIRING THE SOUL -- Luke 12:20
  • GOING THE WAY WHENCE THERE IS NO RETURN -- Job 16:22
  • BEING GATHERED TO OUR PEOPLE -- Gen 49:33
  • GOING DOWN INTO SILENCE -- Ps 115:17
  • RETURNING TO DUST -- Gen 3:19; Ps 104:29
  • BEING CUT DOWN -- Job 14:2
  • FLEEING AS A SHADOW -- Job 14:2
  • DEPARTING -- Phil 2:23

Called SLEEP

Deut 31:16; Job 7:21; 14:12; Jer 51:39; Dan 12:2; John 11:11; Acts 7:60; 13:36; 1 Cor 15:6,18,51; 1 Thess 4:14,15

Exemption From

  • Enoch -- Gen 5:24; Heb 11:5
  • Elijah -- 2 Kings 2
  • Promised to saints at the second coming of Christ -- 1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15,17
  • No death in heaven -- Luke 20:36; Rev 21:4

Desired

Jer 8:3; Rev 9:6 - By Moses -- Num 11:15 - Elijah -- 1 Kings 19:4 - Job -- Job 3; 6:8-11; 7:1-3,15,16; 10:1; 14:13 - Jonah -- Jon 4:8 - Simeon -- Luke 2:29 - Paul -- 2 Cor 5:2,8; Phil 1:20-23

As a Judgment

  • Upon the Antediluvians -- Gen 6:7,11-13
  • Sodomites -- Gen 19:12,13,24,25
  • Saul -- 1 Chr 10:13,14

Symbolized

  • By the pale horse -- Rev 6:8
  • King of Terrors -- Job 18:14

Apostrophe To

Hos 13:14; 1 Cor 15:55

Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Gen 2:17; 3:19; 27:2; Deut 32:39; Josh 23:14; 1 Sam 2:6; 20:2,3; 2 Sam 1:23; 14:14; Job 1:21; 3:13,17-19; 7:1,8-10,21; 10:21,22; 14:2,5-12,14,19-21; 16:22; 17:13,14,16; 21:23,25,26,32,33; 30:23; 34:14,15; 36:18,19; 38:17; Ps 6:5; 23:4; 30:9; 39:4,13; 49:7,9; 68:20; 82:7; 88:9-14; 89:48; 90:3; 103:14-16; 104:29; 115:17; 143:3; 144:4; 146:4; Ecc 2:14-18; 3:2,19-21; 4:2; 5:15; 6:6,10; 7:1,2,15; 8:8; 9:3,5,6,10; 12:5,7; Isa 25:8; 38:1,10-13,18; 40:7; 51:12; Jer 9:21; Hos 13:14; Zec 1:5; Matt 10:28; Luke 20:34-38; 23:39-43; John 9:4; Rom 5:12,14; 1 Cor 15:21,22,26,55-57; 1 Tim 6:7; 2 Tim 1:10; Heb 2:14,15; 9:27; 13:14; James 1:10,11; 1 Pet 1:24; Rev 1:18; 20:12-14; 21:4

Preparation For

Deut 32:29; 2 Kings 20:1; Ps 39:4,13; 90:12; Ecc 9:4,10; 11:7,8; Isa 38:18,19; Luke 12:35-37; John 9:4; Rom 14:8; Phil 1:21; Heb 13:14; James 4:15; 1 Pet 1:17

Of the Righteous

Num 23:10; 2 Sam 12:23; 2 Kings 22:19,20; Ps 23:4; 31:5; 37:37; 49:15; 73:24; 116:15; Prov 14:32; Ecc 7:1; Isa 57:1,2; Dan 12:13; Luke 2:29; 16:22; 23:43; John 11:11; Acts 7:59; Rom 14:7,8; 1 Cor 3:21-23; 15:51-57; 2 Cor 1:9,10; 5:1,4,8; Phil 1:20,21,23,24; 1 Thess 4:13,14; 5:9,10; 2 Tim 4:6-8; Heb 2:14,15; 11:13; 2 Pet 1:11,14; Rev 14:13

Scenes of Death

  • Death of Isaac -- Gen 27:1-4,22-40
  • Death of Jacob -- Gen 49:1-33; Heb 11:21
  • Death of Moses -- Deut 31:14-30; 32:1-52; 33:1-29; 34:1-7
  • Death of David -- 1 Kings 2:1-10
  • Death of Zechariah -- 2 Chr 24:22
  • Death of Jesus -- Matt 27:34-53; Mark 15:23-38; Luke 23:27-49; John 19:16-30
  • Death of Stephen -- Acts 7:59,60
  • Death of Paul -- 2 Tim 4:6-8

Of the Wicked

Num 16:30; 1 Sam 25:38; 2 Chr 21:6,20; Job 4:21; 18:14,18; 20:4,5,8,11; 21:13,17,18,23-26; 24:20,24; 27:8,19-23; 34:20; 36:12,14,18,20; Ps 37:1,2,9,10,35,36; 49:7,9,10,14,17,19,20; 55:23; 58:9; 73:3,4,17-20; 78:50; 92:7; Prov 2:22; 5:22,23; 10:25,27; 11:7,10; 13:9; 14:32; 21:16; 24:20; 29:1,16; Ecc 8:10; Isa 14:11,15; 17:14; 26:14; Jer 16:3,4; Ezek 28:8,10; Amos 9:10; Luke 12:20; 16:22-28; Acts 5:3-10; 1 Thess 5:3

Spiritual Death

Luke 1:79; John 5:24-26; 6:50,51,53; 11:26; Rom 5:12,15; 7:11; 8:5,6,12,13; 2 Cor 5:14; Eph 2:1,5,6; 4:18; 5:14; Col 2:13; 1 Tim 5:6; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 John 5:12 - See DEPRAVITY - See MAN, STATE OF AFTER THE FALL - See REPROBACY

Second Death

Prov 14:12; Ezek 18:4,10,13,21,23,24; 33:8,9,11,14-16; Matt 7:13; 10:28; 25:30,41,46; Mark 9:43,44; Rom 1:32; 6:16,21,23; 8:13; 9:22; 2 Thess 1:9; James 1:15; 4:12; 2 Pet 2:12; Rev 2:11; 19:20; 20:14; 21:8 - See HELL - See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

Figurative of Regeneration

Rom 6:2-11; 7:1-10; 8:10,11; Col 2:20 - See DEAD - See REGENERATION

SECOND DEATH

General scriptures concerning -- Rev 20:14 - See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

DEAD (PEOPLE)

Raised to life (see Heb 11:35)

Instances Of

  • The son of the widow of Zarephath -- 1 Kings 17:17-23
  • The Shunammite woman's son -- 2 Kings 4:32-37
  • The young man laid in Elisha's grave -- 2 Kings 13:21
  • The widow's son -- Luke 7:12-15
  • Jairus' daughter -- Luke 8:49-55
  • Lazarus -- John 11:43,44
  • Dorcas -- Acts 9:37-40
  • Eutychus -- Acts 20:9-12
  • Prepared for burial by washing -- Acts 9:37
  • Anointing -- Matt 26:12
  • Wrapping in linen -- Matt 27:59
  • Burnings of incense made for -- 2 Chr 16:14; 21:19; Jer 34:5

Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Job 3:13-19; 14:11-15,21; 17:13-16; Ps 6:5; 30:9; 49:15; 88:10-12; 115:17; Prov 21:16; Ecc 9:5,6; Ezek 32:31; Dan 12:2; Luke 9:30,31; 16:19-31; 20:35,36; 23:43; John 11:25 - See BURIAL, DEATH, MOURNING, RESURRECTION - See RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO - See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

DEPRAVITY OF MAN

General Scriptures Concerning

Gen 8:21; 6:5-7,11-13; 8:21; Deut 32:10; 2 Chr 6:36; Job 4:17-19; 9:2,3,20,29,30; 11:12; 14:4; 15:14-16; 25:4-6; Ps 5:9; 14:1-3; 51:5; 53:1-3; 58:1-5; 94:11; 130:3; 143:2; Prov 10:20; 20:6,9; 21:8; Ecc 7:20,29; 8:11; 9:3; Isa 1:5,6; 42:6,7; 43:8; 48:8; 51:1; 53:6; 64:6; Jer 2:22,29; 6:7; 13:23; 16:12; 17:9; Ezek 16:6; 36:25,26; 37:1-3; Hos 6:7; 14:9; Mic 7:2-4; Matt 7:17; 12:34,35; 15:19; Mark 7:21-23; Luke 1:79; John 1:10,11; 3:19; 8:23; 14:17; Acts 8:23; Rom 2:1; 3:9-19,23; 5:6,12-14; 6:6,17,19,20; 7:5,11,13-15,18-21,23,25; 8:5-8,13; 11:32; 1 Cor 2:14; 3:3; 5:9,10; 2 Cor 3:4,5; 5:14; Gal 3:10,11,22; 5:17,19-21; Eph 2:1-3,11,12; 4:17-19,22; 5:8,14; Col 1:13,21; 2:13; 3:5,7; 2 Tim 2:26; Titus 3:3; James 3:2; 4:5; 1 Pet 1:18; 2:9,25; 1 John 1:8,10; 2:16; 3:10; 5:19; Rev 3:17

  • See FALL OF MAN
  • See SIN

Key cross-reference topics found: - DYING -- See DEATH - VICARIOUS DEATH -- The ram for Isaac (Gen 22:13); Jesus for sinners - PALE HORSE -- Symbol of death (Rev 6:8) - RAISING FROM DEATH -- See DEAD; See RESURRECTION - APOSTROPHE -- To death and the grave (Hos 13:14; 1 Cor 15:55) - Multiple biographical death entries (Jezebel, Sapphira, etc.)

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