Job 3:17,18  "There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest. • "The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

Revelation 14:13  And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them."

John 11:11,13  This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep." • Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

2 Corinthians 5:4  For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

Romans 8:23-25  And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. • For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? • But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

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