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Deuteronomy 31: 16 "And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold thou shall sleep with thy fathers and this people shall rise up and go whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land. whither they go to be amongst them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them."

1 Kings 1: 21 "Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."

Job 7: 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not [be].

Job 14: 12 - 15 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. [13] O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! [14] If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. [15] Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Psalm 6: 4 - 5

Psalm 13: 3 Thn

Psalm 115: 17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 146: 3 - 4 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
[4] His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ezekiel 18: 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ecclesiastes 9: 5 - 6 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. ⁶Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

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.

New Testament

Luke 8: 52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

John 11: 1-14 hnnnnn

Acts 7: "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep." {see AA 101.1}

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Ephesians 5: 14 "for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said, "Wake up O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

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1 Thessalonians 4: 13 - 14 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. [v. 15 - 17 explains it]

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Death is described as a sleep in Bible

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