Life And Death

  All Together

“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.  

  There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.  

  The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.  

  Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;  

  Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;  

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? “ 

Job 3:17-22

“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in, in his season.” Job 5:26

  “O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.  

  The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.  

  As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.  

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.”

Job  7:7-10

  “Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!  

  I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.  

  Are  not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,  

  Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;  

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.”  

Job 10:18-22

  “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.  

  O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!  

  If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.  

  Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.  

  For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?  

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.”

Job14:12-17

“His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.” 

Job 14:21

  “My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.  

  They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.  

  If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.  

  I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.  

  And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?  

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”

Job 17:11-16

  “They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.  

  They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.  

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.”

Job21:12-14

  “What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?  

  Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.  

  How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.  

  They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.  

  God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.  

  His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.  

  For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?  

  Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.  

  One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.  

  His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.  

  And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.  

  They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.  

  Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.  

  For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?  

  Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,  

  That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.  

  Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?  

  Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.  

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.”

Job 21:15-33

“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”  Job 30:23

  “Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.  

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:”

Job 33:24-25