etc-04: State of the Dead -- Verse Texts (KJV)¶

All verse texts retrieved from D:/bible/tools/data/kjv.txt via Grep search. Cross-testament parallels retrieved via cross_testament_parallels_v2.py (--hybrid-ot and --hybrid-nt).

A. OT Death-State Passages: The Dead Are Unconscious¶

Ps 146:4¶

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

Ecc 9:5-6¶

v5: "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." v6: "Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."

Ecc 9:10¶

"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."

Parallels: OT: Isa 10:13 (0.399), Dan 1:4 (0.397); NT: Col 2:3 (0.329), 1 Cor 3:19 (0.318)

Ecc 12:7¶

"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."

Ecc 3:19-21¶

v19: "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." v20: "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again." v21: "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?"

Ps 6:5¶

"For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?"

Parallels: OT: Ps 85:8 (0.460), Ps 109:26 (0.443), Ps 86:13 (0.428); NT: Phil 2:2 (0.312), 1 Pet 2:25 (0.274)

Ps 115:17¶

"The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence."

Parallels: OT: Isa 38:18 (0.433), Ezek 18:32 (0.423), Ps 65:2 (0.417); NT: Rev 2:11 (0.365), Rev 14:13 (0.349), 1 Thess 4:15 (0.347)

Ps 88:10-12¶

v10: "Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah." v11: "Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?" v12: "Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?"

Ps 30:9¶

"What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?"

Job 14:10-12¶

v10: "But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?" v11: "As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:" v12: "So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep."

Parallels: OT: Prov 3:24 (0.408), Job 3:13 (0.402), Ps 44:24 (0.401); NT: 1 Thess 4:15 (0.396), Eph 5:14 (0.357)

Job 14:14,21¶

v14: "If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come." v21: "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them."

Job 3:13-19¶

v13: "For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest," v14: "With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;" v15: "Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:" v16: "Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light." v17: "There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest." v18: "There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor." v19: "The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master."

Job 7:8-10,21¶

v8: "The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not." v9: "As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more." v10: "He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more." v21: "And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be."

Job 10:21-22¶

v21: "Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;" v22: "A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness."

Job 17:13-16¶

v13: "If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness." v14: "I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister." v15: "And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?" v16: "They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust."

Job 34:14-15¶

v14: "If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;" v15: "All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust."

Isa 38:18-19¶

v18: "For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth." v19: "The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth."

Parallels: OT: Ps 6:5 (0.448), Ps 115:17 (0.433); NT: 2 Cor 7:10 (0.357), 2 Cor 1:9 (0.324)

Ps 104:29¶

"Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust."

Ps 143:3¶

"For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead."

Isa 26:14,19¶

v14: "They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish." v19: "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."

Isa 57:1-2¶

v1: "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." v2: "He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness."

B. Death as Sleep: 7+ Biblical Authors¶

Deut 31:16¶

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land..."

Job 7:21¶

"And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be."

Job 14:12¶

"So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep."

Jer 51:39¶

"In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD."

Dan 12:2¶

"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."

Parallels: OT: Isa 26:19 (0.449), Job 34:15 (0.382), Gen 2:7 (0.351); NT: Luke 18:30 (0.343), Matt 25:46 (0.334)

Dan 12:13¶

"But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days."

John 11:11-14¶

v11: "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." v12: "Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well." v13: "Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep." v14: "Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead."

Matt 9:24-25¶

v24: "He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn." v25: "But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose."

Mark 5:39-42¶

v39: "And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth." v40-42: "And they laughed him to scorn... And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi... And straightway the damsel arose."

Luke 8:52-55¶

v52: "And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth." v53: "And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead." v54-55: "And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway."

Acts 7:59-60¶

v59: "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." v60: "And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep."

Acts 13:36¶

"For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption."

1 Cor 15:6,18,20,51¶

v6: "After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep." v18: "Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." v20: "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." v51: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed."

1 Thess 4:13-17¶

v13: "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." v14: "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." v15: "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." v16: "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:" v17: "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Parallels (for 1 Thess 4:14): NT: Rom 6:8 (0.439), 1 Cor 15:18 (0.411), Rom 14:9 (0.406)

Rev 14:13¶

"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."

C. Alleged Conscious Intermediate State Passages¶

2 Cor 5:1-10 (full context)¶

v1: "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." v2: "For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:" v3: "If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked." v4: "For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life." v5: "Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit." v6: "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:" v7: "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)" v8: "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." v9: "Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." v10: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."

Parallels (for v8): NT: 2 Cor 5:6 (0.541), 2 Cor 5:9 (0.327), 1 Thess 4:17 (0.296)

Phil 1:20-24 (full context)¶

v20: "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death." v21: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." v22: "But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not." v23: "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:" v24: "Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you."

Parallels (for v23): OT: Ps 38:10 (0.352); NT: Rom 9:3 (0.382), Phil 1:21 (0.372)

Luke 23:42-43¶

v42: "And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." v43: "And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."

Parallels: NT: John 1:51 (0.395), Luke 19:9 (0.391), Luke 19:5 (0.385)

Luke 16:19-31 (Rich Man and Lazarus)¶

v19: "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:" v20-21: "And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table..." v22: "And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;" v23: "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." v24: "And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame." v25-26: "But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed..." v27-28: "Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment." v29-31: "Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them... If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."

Rev 6:9-11¶

v9: "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:" v10: "And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" v11: "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."

Parallels: OT: Lev 17:11 (0.321); NT: Rev 6:7 (0.407), Rev 1:2 (0.401)

1 Sam 28:3-20 (Witch of Endor -- key verses)¶

v3: "Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah..." v11: "Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel." v12-13: "And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice... And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth." v14: "And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel..." v15: "And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed..." v19: "Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me..."

Parallels (for v15): OT: 1 Sam 28:6 (0.511); NT: Luke 16:31 (0.353), Heb 11:32 (0.339)

Matt 17:1-9 (Transfiguration -- key verses)¶

v1-3: "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them... And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." v9: "And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead."

1 Pet 3:18-20¶

v18: "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:" v19: "By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;" v20: "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."

2 Cor 12:2-4¶

v2: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven." v3: "And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)" v4: "How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."

D. Resurrection as the Hope / Being with the Lord¶

1 Thess 4:16-17¶

v16: "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:" v17: "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

1 Cor 15:51-54¶

v51: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed," v52: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." v53: "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." v54: "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

John 5:28-29¶

v28: "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice," v29: "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

John 6:39-40,44,54¶

v39: "And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day." v40: "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." v44: "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." v54: "Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 11:23-25¶

v23: "Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again." v24: "Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day." v25: "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."

Acts 2:29-34¶

v29: "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." v34: "For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand."

Job 19:25-27¶

v25: "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:" v26: "And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:" v27: "Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me."

Ps 17:15¶

"As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."

Isa 26:19¶

"Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."

Ezek 37:5-6,10,12-14¶

v5-6: "Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live..." v10: "So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army." v12: "Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves..." v14: "And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live..."

John 14:1-3¶

v1: "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." v2: "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." v3: "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

John 20:17¶

"Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God."

Heb 11:13,39-40¶

v13: "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." v39: "And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:" v40: "God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect."

E. Sheol / Hades: The Abode of the Dead¶

Gen 37:35¶

"And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him."

Gen 42:38¶

"And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave."

Num 16:30,33¶

v30: "But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD." v33: "They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation."

1 Sam 2:6¶

"The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up."

Ps 9:17¶

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

Ps 16:10¶

"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."

Ps 49:14-15¶

v14: "Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling." v15: "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah."

Ps 86:13¶

"For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell."

Ps 89:48¶

"What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah."

Ps 116:3¶

"The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow."

Ps 139:8¶

"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there."

Prov 15:24¶

"The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath."

Prov 27:20¶

"Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied."

Isa 5:14¶

"Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it."

Isa 14:9-11,15¶

v9: "Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations." v10: "All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?" v11: "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee." v15: "Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

Ecc 9:10¶

(Already listed above in Section A)

Jonah 2:2¶

"And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."

Acts 2:27,31¶

v27: "Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." v31: "He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption."

Rev 1:18¶

"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."

Rev 6:8¶

"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

Rev 20:13-14¶

v13: "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." v14: "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

Ezek 32:21,27¶

v21: "The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword." v27: "And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones."

Hosea 13:14¶

"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."

F. Additional Context Passages¶

2 Sam 12:23¶

"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."

2 Tim 4:6-8¶

v6: "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand." v7: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:" v8: "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."

Matt 22:31-32¶

v31: "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying," v32: "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

Luke 20:34-38¶

v34-36: "And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." v37-38: "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him."

Gen 4:10¶

"And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground."

Phil 3:10-11¶

v10: "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;" v11: "If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead."

1 Pet 1:10-11¶

v10: "Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:" v11: "Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow."

Rev 20:4-6¶

v4: "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." v5: "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection." v6: "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power..."

These companion sites use the same tool-driven research methodology:

Site	Description
The Law of God	A 33-study investigation examining every major text, word, and argument about the moral law, ceremonial law, the Sabbath, and what continues under the New Covenant. 810 evidence items classified.
Genesis 6: The "Sons of God" Question	Who are the "sons of God" in Genesis 6:1-4? A 10-part report built on 28 supporting studies examines the angel view vs. the godly human view using explicit biblical evidence.
The Ten Commandments	A 17-study investigation of the Ten Commandments -- origin, meaning, Hebrew and Greek word studies, love and law, faith and obedience. 1,054 evidence items classified.
Bible Study Collection	Standalone Bible studies on various topics -- genealogies, prophecy, biblical history, and more. Each study is a self-contained investigation produced by the same three-agent pipeline.