What Does The Bible Say About?

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Revelation 21:4

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‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Romans 14:8

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If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Luke 23:43

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And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

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For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

John 11:26

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And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Romans 6:23

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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 23:4

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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.

John 11:25-26

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Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Matthew 10:28

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Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

1 Corinthians 15:51-57

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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” . . .

John 14:1-4

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“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Ecclesiastes 9:5

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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

1 Corinthians 15:26

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The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Psalm 146:4

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When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Revelation 14:13

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And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

2 Corinthians 5:6-8

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Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:32

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For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Hebrews 9:27

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Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Psalm 116:15

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Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

Psalm 73:26

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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Matthew 5:4

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Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

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

Romans 8:38-39

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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Philippians 1:21

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

Psalm 115:17

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It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

1 Corinthians 15:51

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Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

Job 14:14

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When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Romans 5:12

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Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

2 Corinthians 5:8

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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Luke 2:29

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“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

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Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

Romans 8:13

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For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

1 Corinthians 15:22

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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

Isaiah 25:8

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He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Ecclesiastes 3:2

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a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

Isaiah 41:10

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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

John 11:25

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Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

Genesis 3:19

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By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Psalm 23:1-6

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A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. 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. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

John 14:1-3

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“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

1 Corinthians 15:55

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“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

John 5:24

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Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Psalm 34:18

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The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

1 Timothy 6:7

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For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

Psalm 39:4

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“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

Isaiah 57:1-2

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The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

Matthew 11:28

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Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

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Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

John 5:24-26

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Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

Romans 8:18

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I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

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Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 15:42-44

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So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

John 5:28-29

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Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Revelation 21:8

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But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Hebrews 13:14

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For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

Hebrews 2:14

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Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Proverbs 14:32

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The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

1 Corinthians 15:21

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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. . . .

John 11:11-14

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After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.” They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus. So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

Revelation 20:14

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Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Romans 8:6

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The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

Daniel 12:2

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And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Hosea 13:14

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I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Revelation 1:18

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the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

John 14:27

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Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

Philippians 3:20-21

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But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

2 Samuel 12:23

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But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Psalm 30:5

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For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Genesis 2:7

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Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

John 3:16-17

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Luke 20:36

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In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

1 John 5:12

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Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Romans 6:16

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Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

Romans 8:28

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And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Matthew 25:46

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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Ezekiel 18:21

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But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 33:8

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If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

Revelation 9:6

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In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

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By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

Acts 7:60

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Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

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As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Hebrews 2:14-15

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Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Psalm 48:14

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For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

Psalm 55:22

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Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Revelation 12:11

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They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Philippians 1:23-24

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I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed. But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

Revelation 20:6

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Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

1 John 3:2

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Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

John 10:10

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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

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“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, 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!

1 Peter 2:24

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He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Ecclesiastes 5:15

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As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

Job 16:22

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For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

John 11:1-57

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At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.” When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. . . .

Psalm 104:29

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When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

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