² He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

¹³ And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

²² And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

²⁹ Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

²⁵ They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about 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 them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

¹⁴ And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds `of spices' prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

²³ But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

⁸ we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

¹ For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

⁵⁰ And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

²¹ His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

⁷ The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.

⁷ and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

¹ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.