1 Corinthians 15:55
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55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
Hosea 13:14
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14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from Death?
O Death, where are[a] your plagues?
O Sheol, where is[b] your destruction?
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.(A)
Psalm 89:48
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48 Who can live and never see death?
Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah(A)
Romans 5:14
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14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam, who is a pattern of the one who was to come.(A)
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Acts 2:27
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27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades
or let your Holy One experience corruption.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:15-16
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15 Then I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also; why then have I been so very wise?” And I said to myself that this also is vanity.(A) 16 For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools?
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Acts 9:5
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5 He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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Luke 16:23
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23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[a](A)
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- 16.23 Gk in his bosom
Psalm 49:8-15
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8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(A)
9 that one should live on forever
and never see the Pit.(B)
10 When we look at the wise, they die;
fool and dolt perish together
and leave their wealth to others.(C)
11 Their graves[a] are their homes forever,
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they named lands their own.(D)
12 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
they are like the animals that perish.(E)
13 Such is the fate of the foolhardy,
the end of those[b] who are pleased with their lot. Selah(F)
14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
straight to the grave they descend,[c]
and their form shall waste away;
Sheol shall be their home.[d](G)
15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah(H)
Revelation 20:13-14
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13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done.(A) 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire,(B)
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Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
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5 The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.(A) 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished; never again will they have any share in all that happens under the sun.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 No one has power over the wind[a] to restrain the wind[b] or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
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19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.(A)
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Revelation 9:10
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10 They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
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Job 18:13-14
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13 By disease their skin is consumed;[a]
the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
14 They are torn from the tent in which they trusted
and are brought to the king of terrors.(A)
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- 18.13 Cn: Heb It consumes the limbs of his skin
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