² He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

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

²⁹ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

²⁵ They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.

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

²³ For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

⁸ We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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

⁵⁰ And he said to 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, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

⁷ The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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

⁷ Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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