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Isaiah 32:17
And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
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Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.
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2 Timothy 4 6-2 Timothy 4 8
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
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Acts 7:59-60
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out,“ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
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Luke 2:25-29
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,“ Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
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Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
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Job 42:12-17
And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.He had also seven sons and three daughters.And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations.And Job died, an old man, and full of days.
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2 Peter 1 14
since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
