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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Job 14:5
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5 Since their days are determined,
and the number of their months is known to you,
and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,(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)
Hebrews 9:27
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27 And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once and after that the judgment,(A)
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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 have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:21
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21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?(A)
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Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)
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- 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death
Psalm 49:6-9
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6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?(A)
7 Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;[a]
there is no price one can give to God for it.(B)
8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(C)
9 that one should live on forever
and never see the Pit.(D)
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- 49.7 Or no one can ransom a brother
Psalm 9:17
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17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
all the nations that forget God.(A)
2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 For he was crucified in weakness but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him,[a] but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.(A)
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- 13.4 Other ancient authorities read with him
1 Corinthians 15:43
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43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.(A)
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Isaiah 28:18
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18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.(A)
Psalm 73:18-28
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18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.(A)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!(B)
20 They are[a] like a dream when one awakes;
on awaking you despise their phantoms.(C)
21 When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(D)
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me with honor.[b](E)
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(F)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[c] of my heart and my portion forever.(G)
27 Indeed, those who are far from you will perish;
you put an end to those who are false to you.(H)
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
to tell of all your works.(I)
Job 34:14
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- 34.14 Heb his heart his spirit
Psalm 52:5-7
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5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(A)
6 The righteous will see and fear
and will laugh at the evildoer,[a] saying,(B)
7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[b](C)
2 Samuel 14:14
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14 We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. But God will not take away a life; he will devise plans so as not to keep an outcast banished forever from his presence.[a](A)
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- 14.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Kings 7:15
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15 So they went after them as far as the Jordan; the whole way was littered with garments and equipment that the Arameans 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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Rules of Warfare
20 “When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots, an army larger than your own, do not fear them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.(A) 2 Before you engage in battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the troops 3 and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel! Today you are drawing near to do battle against your enemies. Do not lose heart or be afraid or panic or be in dread of them,(B) 4 for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.’(C) 5 Then the officers shall address the troops, saying, ‘Has anyone built a new house but not dedicated it? He should go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another dedicate it. 6 Has anyone planted a vineyard but not yet enjoyed its fruit? He should go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another be first to enjoy its fruit.(D) 7 Has anyone become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? He should go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another marry her.’(E) 8 The officers shall continue to address the troops, saying, ‘Is anyone afraid or disheartened? He should go back to his house, or he might cause the heart of his comrades to melt like his own.’(F)
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