Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 (A)No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit,
And no one has power in the day of death.
There is (B)no release from that war,
And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.
Job 14:5
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5 (A)Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
Hebrews 9:27
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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,
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Isaiah 28:15
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
(A)For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
Ecclesiastes 3:21
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21 (A)Who[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:21 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?
Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness,
But (A)the righteous has a refuge in his death.
Psalm 89:48
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48 What man can live and not [a]see (A)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of [b]the grave? Selah
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- Psalm 89:48 experience death
- Psalm 89:48 Or Sheol
Psalm 9:17
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- Psalm 9:17 Gentiles
2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 (A)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (B)He lives by the power of God. For (C)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
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1 Corinthians 15:43
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43 (A)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
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Isaiah 28:18
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18 Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will be trampled down by it.
Psalm 73:18-28
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18 Surely (A)You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awakes,
So, Lord, when You awake,
You shall despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved,
And I was [a]vexed in my mind.
22 (B)I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
24 (C)You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
25 (D)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
26 (E)My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the [b]strength of my heart and my (F)portion forever.
27 For indeed, (G)those who are far from You shall perish;
You have destroyed all those who [c]desert You for harlotry.
28 But it is good for me to (H)draw near to God;
I have put my trust in the Lord God,
That I may (I)declare all Your works.
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- Psalm 73:21 Lit. pierced in my kidneys
- Psalm 73:26 Lit. rock
- Psalm 73:27 Are unfaithful to You
Psalm 49:6-9
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6 Those who (A)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor (B)give to God a ransom for him—
8 For (C)the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
9 That he should continue to live eternally,
And (D)not [a]see the Pit.
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- Psalm 49:9 experience corruption
Psalm 52:5-7
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5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous also shall see and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his [a]wickedness.”
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- Psalm 52:7 Lit. desire, in evil sense
Job 34:14
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14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should (A)gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
2 Samuel 14:14
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14 For we (A)will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not (B)take away a life; but He (C)devises means, so that His banished ones are not [a]expelled from Him.
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- 2 Samuel 14:14 cast out
2 Kings 7:15
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15 And they went after them to the Jordan; and indeed all the road was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned and told the king.
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Deuteronomy 20:1-8
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Principles Governing Warfare
20 “When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see (A)horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be (B)afraid of them; for the Lord your God is (C)with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. 2 So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people. 3 And he shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; 4 for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, (D)to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’
5 “Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying: ‘What man is there who has built a new house and has not (E)dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. 6 Also what man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not eaten of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. 7 (F)And what man is there who is betrothed to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man marry her.’
8 “The officers shall speak further to the people, and say, (G)‘What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, [a]lest the heart of his brethren faint like his heart.’
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- Deuteronomy 20:8 So with MT, Tg.; Sam., LXX, Syr., Vg. lest he make his brother’s heart faint
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