Bible Verses About Death

Bible Verses AboutDeath

Bible verses about Death

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Exploring what the Bible says about death offers profound comfort and hope. Scripture reveals that death is not an end, but a transition. Understanding this truth through God's word allows us to face mortality with courage, knowing that for believers, death is merely a gateway to eternal life in His presence. These verses offer solace in grief, remind us of the preciousness of life, and inspire us to live with purpose, focused on the promise of resurrection and everlasting joy found only in Jesus Christ. Let these scriptures illuminate your path and strengthen your faith in the face of life's greatest mystery.

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And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Leviticus 10:7KJV
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

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Isaiah 13:7KJV
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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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Judges 20:39KJV
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And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Leviticus 10:7KJV
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

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Isaiah 13:7KJV
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And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Genesis 49:29KJV
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And the space in which we came from Kadesh–barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

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Deuteronomy 2:14KJV
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The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

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Psalms 9:17KJV
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And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

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Judges 3:11KJV
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Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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Numbers 35:30KJV
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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Proverbs 6:35KJV
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And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

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Genesis 50:7KJV
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Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

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Job 10:18KJV
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A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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Job 10:22KJV
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Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

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1 Kings 16:4KJV
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Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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Psalms 34:21KJV
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And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

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Ruth 1:5KJV
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And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

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2 Samuel 6:6KJV
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And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord’s priests.

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1 Samuel 22:21KJV
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For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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Psalms 16:10KJV
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Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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Exodus 31:15KJV
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And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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Genesis 30:1KJV
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I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

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Numbers 14:35KJV
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

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Leviticus 21:11KJV
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And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

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1 Samuel 4:21KJV
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Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

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2 Chronicles 34:28KJV
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Ecclesiastes 9:4KJV
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And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

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Genesis 50:22KJV
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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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2 Samuel 12:9KJV
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For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

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Exodus 12:12KJV
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Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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Numbers 31:2KJV
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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Job 7:9KJV
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

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Job 24:20KJV
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So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

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Judges 20:46KJV
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If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

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Deuteronomy 21:1KJV
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The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

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Deuteronomy 32:25KJV
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Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

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Deuteronomy 28:19KJV
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But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

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1 Kings 16:22KJV
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And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

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2 Kings 14:17KJV
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And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

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Isaiah 34:7KJV
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The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

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Exodus 15:14KJV
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Ecclesiastes 9:4KJV
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At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

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Isaiah 33:3KJV
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And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

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Deuteronomy 32:50KJV
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

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Numbers 17:10KJV
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But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

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Psalms 82:7KJV
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Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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Isaiah 38:12KJV
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And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

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1 Kings 17:17KJV
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But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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1 Samuel 25:37KJV
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I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

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Psalms 22:17KJV
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And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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2 Kings 14:20KJV
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And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

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Deuteronomy 34:4KJV
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And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

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2 Chronicles 28:7KJV
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Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

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1 Samuel 31:4KJV
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So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

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2 Samuel 1:10KJV
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And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

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Joshua 11:14KJV
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Ecclesiastes 9:4KJV
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And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

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Genesis 50:22KJV
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And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

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Judges 1:10KJV
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Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

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Isaiah 3:25KJV
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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.

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Isaiah 14:9KJV
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And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

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2 Samuel 4:5KJV
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Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

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1 Kings 3:23KJV
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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Proverbs 21:6KJV
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And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

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Judges 1:7KJV
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And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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2 Samuel 11:14KJV
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And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Samuel 10:1KJV
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Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

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Job 28:22KJV
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I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

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Genesis 46:4KJV
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In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

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Genesis 49:30KJV
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And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

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Numbers 20:4KJV
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And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

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Numbers 15:35KJV
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David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

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1 Samuel 26:10KJV
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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: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

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1 Samuel 28:19KJV
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And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

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Exodus 7:18KJV
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And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Leviticus 10:7KJV
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

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Isaiah 13:7KJV
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As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

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Ecclesiastes 5:15KJV
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All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

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Ecclesiastes 7:15KJV
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I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

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Deuteronomy 30:18KJV
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And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

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1 Kings 17:17KJV
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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

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1 Kings 18:14KJV
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And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

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Numbers 16:35KJV
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But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

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Numbers 14:32KJV
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For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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Psalms 31:10KJV
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Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

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Psalms 88:11KJV
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And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

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Deuteronomy 13:5KJV
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And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

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Judges 3:29KJV
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But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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Ecclesiastes 8:13KJV
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At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

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Judges 5:27KJV
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And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

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Leviticus 10:16KJV
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But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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Ecclesiastes 8:13KJV
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And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

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2 Samuel 1:5KJV
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And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

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Numbers 19:18KJV
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And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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1 Kings 13:24KJV
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And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

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2 Samuel 12:15KJV
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Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

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Leviticus 10:9KJV
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But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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Psalms 63:9KJV
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And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

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Genesis 6:17KJV
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Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Numbers 35:18KJV
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

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Ecclesiastes 3:20KJV
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And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

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Numbers 15:35KJV
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David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

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1 Samuel 26:10KJV
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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: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

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1 Samuel 28:19KJV
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Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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Numbers 23:10KJV
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And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

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1 Kings 3:19KJV
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And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

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Exodus 10:29KJV
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And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

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Deuteronomy 34:4KJV
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For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

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Exodus 9:15KJV
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Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

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Isaiah 43:17KJV
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And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

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2 Samuel 21:12KJV
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And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Numbers 35:16KJV
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The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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1 Samuel 2:6KJV
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Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

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Leviticus 15:31KJV
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But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

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2 Samuel 12:19KJV
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Thou shalt not kill.

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Deuteronomy 5:17KJV
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And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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1 Chronicles 10:14KJV
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If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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1 Kings 12:27KJV
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Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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Psalms 41:5KJV
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The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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Psalms 37:32KJV
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And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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2 Chronicles 35:25KJV
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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.

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Job 7:21KJV
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Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.

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Judges 12:10KJV
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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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Psalms 106:17KJV
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Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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Numbers 35:30KJV
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And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

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1 Samuel 17:27KJV
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And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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1 Kings 13:24KJV
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And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

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2 Samuel 12:15KJV
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Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

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Leviticus 15:31KJV
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

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Jeremiah 7:32KJV
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Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

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Psalms 141:7KJV
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And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

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Leviticus 10:2KJV
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And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

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Isaiah 10:34KJV
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And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

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Genesis 27:4KJV
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They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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Job 17:16KJV
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But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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Esther 9:25KJV
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Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

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Proverbs 30:7KJV
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And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

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Exodus 33:20KJV
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Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

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Genesis 19:19KJV
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And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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1 Kings 21:16KJV
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In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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Psalms 90:6KJV
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Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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Psalms 41:5KJV
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And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

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Judges 4:22KJV
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And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

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2 Samuel 11:15KJV
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And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

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Numbers 16:35KJV
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But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

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Numbers 14:32KJV
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Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

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Deuteronomy 22:21KJV
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And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

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Numbers 6:9KJV
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Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

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Psalms 31:17KJV
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And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

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Judges 19:27KJV
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Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 49:20KJV
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Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 49:12KJV
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It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

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Job 20:25KJV
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And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

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Numbers 20:28KJV
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Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

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Genesis 20:7KJV
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Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

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Isaiah 47:14KJV
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Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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Psalms 109:9KJV
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So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

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1 Samuel 25:22KJV
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For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

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Job 24:17KJV
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And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.

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Exodus 4:24KJV
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And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Jeremiah 8:3KJV
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Thou shalt not kill.

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Deuteronomy 5:17KJV
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And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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1 Chronicles 10:14KJV
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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

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Proverbs 19:16KJV
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All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

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Genesis 7:22KJV
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And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.

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1 Samuel 31:10KJV
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And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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Numbers 31:8KJV
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And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

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Numbers 20:28KJV
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Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

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Genesis 20:7KJV
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And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

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Isaiah 33:12KJV
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And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

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Joshua 10:35KJV
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Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

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Psalms 31:17KJV
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And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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Genesis 23:13KJV
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Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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Psalms 41:5KJV
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Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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1 Kings 12:18KJV
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The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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Psalms 37:32KJV
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Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

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Judges 8:18KJV
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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Job 7:9KJV
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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.

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2 Kings 18:3KJV
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And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

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Isaiah 34:7KJV
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The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

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Exodus 15:14KJV
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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Psalms 129:6KJV
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And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

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Numbers 22:33KJV
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath–serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

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Joshua 24:30KJV
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And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

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Genesis 45:28KJV
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So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

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Deuteronomy 34:5KJV
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Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

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Isaiah 22:2KJV
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Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

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Ruth 4:5KJV
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In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

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Isaiah 15:3KJV
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Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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Proverbs 28:18KJV
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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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Genesis 26:11KJV
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And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

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Genesis 5:8KJV
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And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

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Genesis 5:14KJV
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If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

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Deuteronomy 21:1KJV
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And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

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Esther 3:13KJV
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 32:33KJV
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Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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Numbers 23:10KJV
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I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

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Genesis 46:4KJV
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And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

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Nehemiah 6:11KJV
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Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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Psalms 34:21KJV
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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

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Psalms 102:24KJV
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For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?

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Deuteronomy 31:27KJV

Reflection

Contemplating Death

The Bible offers a complex and nuanced perspective on death, moving beyond simple finality to explore themes of hope, resurrection, and eternal life. The verses presented showcase death not as an end, but as a transition – a separation of the physical body from the spirit, ultimately leading to either eternal communion with God or eternal separation. Reflecting on these passages encourages us to confront our mortality and consider the eternal implications of our earthly choices. Ultimately, these verses invite us to live with purpose, guided by faith and love, knowing that death is not the final word, but a doorway to an everlasting future promised through Jesus Christ. Let these scriptures inspire you to seek a deeper understanding of God's plan and to live a life worthy of the calling you have received, so that when death comes, it will be met with hope and not despair.

May these verses about death bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey

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