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Isaiah 57:2

PeaceDeath and lossRest and sabbathIntegrity

1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

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

3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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BSB
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
KJV
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
WEB
He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
ASV
He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
DARBY
He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.
BLB
He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, [each] walking [in] his uprightness.
ÅB
Han går inn til fred; de hviler på sine leier alle de som går sin vei rett fram.
OTB
De går inn til fred; de hviler i sine senger, hver og en som vandret rettskaffent.
B1930
Han går inn til fred; de hviler på sine leier alle de som går sin vei rett frem.

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  • Revelation 14:13

    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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:1

    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.

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  • Job 3:17

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

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  • Luke 2:29

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

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:8

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

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:14

    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 odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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  • Matthew 25:21

    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.

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