– It is the common lot of men:
Deut 31:14 : The Lord said to Moses: “The day of your death is approaching”.
Jos 23:14 : Behold, I go this day by the way of all the earth.
2Sm 14,14 : When we die, we are like water that can no longer be collected, once spilled to the ground.
1Kings 2:2 : “I am going,” he said, “by the way that the whole earth follows. Be brave and behave like a man!”
Psalm 38:14 : Turn away your anger from me, that I may be refreshed, before I go and return no more.
Ps 48:10 : Prolong life indefinitely and escape death.
Ps 88:49 : What is the living man who escapes death, or who can subtract his soul from the power of the abode of the dead?
Ps 89,3 : You reduce man to dust, and say: “Children of men, return to dust”.
Ecl 3,2 : Time to be born and time to die; time to plant and time to uproot what was planted.
Ecl 9,5.10 : Indeed, the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing.
Eclo 8,8 : Do not rejoice in the death of your enemy, for you know that we will all die.
Eclo 14,17 : Do justice, before your death, for in the dwelling of the dead there is no food to be found.
Mt 16:28 : Many of these standing here will not see death unless they have seen the Son of Man return.
Lc 2,26 : It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die without first seeing the Christ of the Lord.
Jn 8,52-53 : Abraham died, and so did the prophets. And you say that if anyone keeps your word, he will never taste death.
Rom 5:12 : Therefore, as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin.
Heb 9:27 : How it is determined that men die once, and immediately after that comes the judgment.
– It was not made by God, but entered the world as a consequence of sin:
Gen 2:17 : But you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt die.
Gen 3:19 : For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Wis 1:13 : God is not the author of death, the destruction of the living brings him no joy.
Rom 5:12 : Therefore, as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin.
1Cor 15:22 : As in Adam all die, so in Christ all will live again.
– Fixed by God:
Job 14:5 : If his days are numbered […] and he has set a limit that he will not cross.
Ecclesiastes 3:20 : All are going to the same place. All come out of dust and to dust they return.
Ecclesiastes 12 :7 : Before the dust returns to the earth […]; and before the breath of life returns to God who gave it.
Eclo 17,1-2 : God created man from the earth, he formed him in his own image; and brought him back to earth again.
Eclo 41,3-4 : O death, your sentence is soft for the indigent, whose strength is exhausted.
Heb 9:27 : How it is determined that men die once, and immediately after that comes the judgment.
– The time of death is uncertain for man:
Eccl 8,7-8 : He does not know the future; who could tell him how things will turn out?
Ecclesiastes 9:12 : Man does not know his own hour.
Mt 24,42-51 : Watch therefore, for you do not know the hour in which the Lord will come.
Mk 13,33-37 : Be on your guard, watch; because you do not know when the time will be.
Lc 12,16-20,22,34-40 : And he proposed this parable to him: There was a rich man whose fields produced a lot.
Lc 21,34-35 : Watch over yourselves, so that your hearts do not become heavy with overeating.
Jn 4:14 : But the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water, gushing up to eternal life.
1Th 5,1-6 : Concerning the season and the moment, there is no need, brethren, for us to write to you.
2Pet 3:10 : However, the day of the Lord will come like a thief.
Rev 3,3 : If you do not watch, I will come to you like a thief, and you will not know what time I will overtake you.
– No one can save himself from her:
Ps 48 :8 : But no man can save himself, nor pay his ransom to God.
Eccl 8,8 : Man is not master of his breath of life, nor is he able to retain it. No one has power over the day of death.
– Only God can keep her away:
Ps 12,4-5 : Look! Hear me, Lord, my God! Illuminate my eyes with your light, so that I do not fall asleep in death.
Ps 39 :3 : He took me out of a deadly pit, out of a mire; he set my feet on a rock, he established my steps.
Psalm 48:16 : But God will deliver my soul from the netherworld by taking me with him.
Ps 114,3-4 : The snares of death encircled me, the net of the dwelling of the dead caught me suddenly.
– And will destroy it:
Ps 15:10-11 : You will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you let your Holy One see corruption.
Is 25,8 : And he will make death disappear forever. The Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.
Hos 13:14 : And would I deliver him from the power of the region of the dead, would I exempt him from death?
Rom 6:9: For we know that Christ, having risen from the dead, dies no more, and death will no longer have dominion over him.
1Cor 15 : Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures; he was buried, and rose on the third day.
Heb 2,14-15 : He also participated in order to destroy by death the one who had the power of death.
1Pt 3:19 : He went to preach to the spirits who were held in prison, to those who had once […] been rebellious.
1Pt 4 :6 : For that is why the Gospel was preached also to the dead.
Rev 1:18 : For I was dead, and behold I am alive again for ever and ever.
Rev 20:13 : The sea gave back the dead that were in it. Likewise, death and the subterranean abode.
– God will deliver the righteous from the mansion of the dead:
Ps 15:10 : For you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld.
Psalm 48:16 : But God will deliver my soul from the netherworld by taking me with him.
– And will welcome them into his glory:
Ps 72:24 : Your designs will guide me, and finally, in glory you will welcome me.
Wis 4,7-14 : As for the righteous, even if he dies before his age, he will enjoy rest.
Wis 5,1-5.15 : Then, with great confidence, the righteous will stand up in the face of those who persecuted him and mocked his evils.
1Th 4:14 : If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who died in him.
– Death is a rupture of communion with God; therefore it is not dear to him:
Wis 1:13 : God is not the author of death, the destruction of the living brings him no joy.
Ez 18,23.32 : Will I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? – oracle of the Lord Yahweh.
Ez 33,11 : I am not pleased with the death of the sinner, but rather with his conversion, so that he may have life.
– And it is a consequence of guilt:
Gen 3:19 : For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Gen 6:3 : My spirit will not always remain in man, because he is all flesh.
Wis 2:23 : Now God created man for immortality, and made him in the image of his own nature.
Eclo 41,3-5 : O death, your sentence is soft for the indigent, whose strength is exhausted.
Rom 5:12 , 14-15 : Therefore, as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin.
Rom 6:16,21,23 : Are you slaves to him whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?
1Cor 15,21-22.56 : Indeed, if by a man came death, by a man comes the resurrection of the dead.
– Entered the world by the envy of the devil:
Wis 2:24 : It is through the envy of the devil that death entered the world, and those who belong to the devil will taste it.
Jn 8:44 : You are of your father the devil and you want to do the desires of your father.
– It is the wicked who chooses her:
Ps 72,18-19 : Yes, you put them on slippery ground, you lead them to ruin.
Pr 7:23 : Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird that rushes into a snare.
Pr 9,18 : He does not know that there are shadows there and that the guests of madness lie in the depths of the region of the dead.
– The idea of natural death thus overlaps with that of spiritual death; it is also described with the verbs to lose, to perish, to become disoriented, which indicate the total bankruptcy of man, his definitive perdition; such a death truncates communion with God:
Rom 6:21 : What fruit did you bear then? Fruits of which you are now ashamed. Their end is death.
Rom 8 :6: Now the desire of the flesh is death, while the desire of the spirit is life and peace.
1Cor 15:21 : Indeed, if by a man came death, by a man comes the resurrection of the dead.
Gal 6:8 : Whoever sows to the flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; whoever sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
– Causes eternal death:
Romans 1:32 : Despite knowing the righteous decree of God who considers those who do such things worthy of death.
Rom 2,5-6 : You are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.
Rom 6:23 : For the wages of sin is death, while the gift of God is eternal life in Christ.
Eph 2:1 : And you were dead for your faults, for sins.
Col 2,13 : Dead for your sins and for the uncircumcision of your flesh, he called you to life again.
1Tm 5,6 : She, on the contrary, who lives in pleasures, although she lives, is dead.
Jas 1,15 : Concupiscence, after conceiving, gives birth to sin; and sin, once consummated, brings forth death.
– Or second death, that is, the final condemnation after the last judgment:
Rev 2:11 : The victor will not be harmed by the second death.
Rev 20,6.14 : The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ.
Rev 21:8 : All liars will have as their share the pool burning with fire and brimstone, the second death.
– Christ conquered death:
Rom 6:9: For we know that Christ, having risen from the dead, dies no more, and death will no longer have dominion over him.
1Cor 15,26.54.57 : The last enemy to defeat will be death, because God has subjected everything under his feet.
2Tm 1,10 : Now it has been revealed to us through […] our Savior Jesus Christ, who destroyed death and raised up life.
Heb 2,14-15 : In order to destroy by death the one who had the power of death, that is, the devil.
1Pt 3:19 : It is in that same spirit that he went to preach to the spirits who were held in prison.
1Pt 4 :6 : For this was the purpose of the Gospel preached also to the dead.
Ap 1,18 : I was dead, and here I am alive again for ever and ever; I have the keys of death and of the land of the dead.
Rev 20:13 : The sea gave back the dead that were in it. Likewise, death and the subterranean abode.
– Jesus is the resurrection and the life:
Jn 11:25 : Jesus said to him: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he dies, will live.”
– And has power over her:
Jn 5,24-25 : Whoever hears my word and believes in him who sent me has eternal life and does not incur condemnation.
Jn 10:17 : The Father loves me, because I lay down my life to take it up again.
1Jn 3:14 : We know that we have been translated from death to life, because we love our brothers.
Ap 1,18 : I was dead, and here I am alive again for ever and ever; I have the keys of death and of the land of the dead.
– A will definitely win in the Parusia:
1Cor 15,26.54-55 : The last enemy to defeat will be death, because God has put everything under his feet.
– The death of the righteous:
Ps 115,6 : It is painful for the Lord to see his faithful die.
Pr 14 : It is because of his own malice that the wicked falls; the righteous, however, even in death keeps confidence.
Eclo 1,13 : Whoever fears the Lord will feel good in the last moment, on the day of death he will be blessed.
2Cor 5,1 : When the tent we inhabit in this world is dismantled, we receive a house prepared by God.
Phil 1:23 : I feel pressure from both sides: on the one hand, I would like to detach myself to be with Christ.
2Tm 4,6-8 : As for me, I am on the point of being sacrificed and the moment of my liberation is approaching.
– Death of the sinner:
Ps 33:22 : The wickedness of the wicked leads to death, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.
Pr 11:7 : When the wicked dies, his hope is gone, the hope of the wicked will perish.
Wis 4,19-20 : As for me, I am about to be immolated and the moment of my liberation is approaching.
Eclo 41,1 : O death, how bitter your memory is for the man who lives in peace in the midst of his goods.
Lk 16:22 : The beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
– See MANSION OF THE DEAD, PARUSIA.
