When we die

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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.

• Luke 23:43

  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

• John 5:28–29

  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

• Romans 6:23

  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

• Hebrews 9:27

  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

• John 3:16

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• John 11:25

  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

• Acts 2:34

  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

• Revelation 21:4

  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

• 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.

• Ecclesiastes 9:10

  Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

• 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.

• Luke 16:19–31

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. …

• Daniel 12:2

  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

• 1 Corinthians 15:51–54

  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. …

• John 3:13

  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.