Job 3:17
New Living Translation
17 For in death the wicked cause no trouble,
and the weary are at rest.
Revelation 14:13
New Living Translation
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down: Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them!”
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Hebrews 4:11
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11 So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
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Hebrews 4:9
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9 So there is a special rest[a] still waiting for the people of God.
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- 4:9 Or a Sabbath rest.
Isaiah 57:1-2
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57 Good people pass away;
the godly often die before their time.
But no one seems to care or wonder why.
No one seems to understand
that God is protecting them from the evil to come.
2 For those who follow godly paths
will rest in peace when they die.
Job 17:16
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16 No, my hope will go down with me to the grave.
We will rest together in the dust!”
Job 14:13
New Living Translation
13 “I wish you would hide me in the grave[a]
and forget me there until your anger has passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me again!
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- 14:13 Hebrew in Sheol.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
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6 In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.
7 And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
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Luke 12:4
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4 “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that.
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Matthew 10:28
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28 “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]
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- 10:28 Greek Gehenna.
Psalm 55:5-8
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5 Fear and trembling overwhelm me,
and I can’t stop shaking.
6 Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!
7 I would fly far away
to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude
8 How quickly I would escape—
far from this wild storm of hatred.
2 Peter 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.
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