Luke 2:29

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”

He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”

He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers,

Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

“But go your way until the end; for you will rest, and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”

But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

They buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in David’s city, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

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.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

They have set her a bed among the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. He is put among those who are slain.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’ ” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”