2 Samuel 12:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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  • Gen 37:35 : 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
  • Luke 23:43 : 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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