The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
I wait for your salvation, O Lord.
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”
So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.
He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
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