"PRAYING FOR THE DEAD" in the KJV Bible

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2 Maccabees 1:6chapter context similar meaning "And now we be here praying for you." 2 Maccabees 1:6 KJVcopy save

And now we be here praying for you.

Ecclesiasticus 22:11chapter context similar meaning "Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death." Ecclesiasticus 22:11 KJVcopy save

Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.

2 Maccabees 15:27chapter context similar meaning "So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered." 2 Maccabees 15:27 KJVcopy save

So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered.

Ecclesiasticus 48:5chapter context similar meaning "Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High:" Ecclesiasticus 48:5 KJVcopy save

Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High:

Ecclesiasticus 10:11chapter context similar meaning "For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms." Ecclesiasticus 10:11 KJVcopy save

For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.

Wisdom of Solomon 15:17chapter context similar meaning "For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never." Wisdom of Solomon 15:17 KJVcopy save

For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.

Ecclesiasticus 22:12chapter context similar meaning "Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life." Ecclesiasticus 22:12 KJVcopy save

Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.

Wisdom of Solomon 13:18chapter context similar meaning "For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life prayeth to that which is dead; for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:" Wisdom of Solomon 13:18 KJVcopy save

For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life prayeth to that which is dead; for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:

2 Esdras 7:39chapter context similar meaning "And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:" 2 Esdras 7:39 KJVcopy save

And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:

2 Maccabees 12:44chapter context similar meaning "For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead." 2 Maccabees 12:44 KJVcopy save

For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.

2 Maccabees 7:36chapter context similar meaning "For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God's covenant of everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride." 2 Maccabees 7:36 KJVcopy save

For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God's covenant of everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.

Ecclesiasticus 7:33chapter context similar meaning "A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not." Ecclesiasticus 7:33 KJVcopy save

A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.

2 Maccabees 6:26chapter context similar meaning "For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead." 2 Maccabees 6:26 KJVcopy save

For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.

Ecclesiasticus 30:4chapter context similar meaning "Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself." Ecclesiasticus 30:4 KJVcopy save

Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.

Tobit 3:9chapter context similar meaning "Wherefore dost thou beat us for them? if they be dead, go thy ways after them, let us never see of thee either son or daughter." Tobit 3:9 KJVcopy save

Wherefore dost thou beat us for them? if they be dead, go thy ways after them, let us never see of thee either son or daughter.

2 Esdras 2:16chapter context similar meaning "And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel." 2 Esdras 2:16 KJVcopy save

And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.

2 Maccabees 12:45chapter context similar meaning "And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for those that died godly, it was an holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin." 2 Maccabees 12:45 KJVcopy save

And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for those that died godly, it was an holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.

Wisdom of Solomon 18:23chapter context similar meaning "For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living." Wisdom of Solomon 18:23 KJVcopy save

For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.

Tobit 8:10chapter context similar meaning "Saying, I fear lest he also be dead." Tobit 8:10 KJVcopy save

Saying, I fear lest he also be dead.

Tobit 4:4chapter context similar meaning "Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb: and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave." Tobit 4:4 KJVcopy save

Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb: and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.

Tobit 2:8chapter context similar meaning "But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter: who fled away; and yet, lo, he burieth the dead again." Tobit 2:8 KJVcopy save

But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter: who fled away; and yet, lo, he burieth the dead again.

Wisdom of Solomon 18:12chapter context similar meaning "So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed." Wisdom of Solomon 18:12 KJVcopy save

So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.

Baruch 2:17chapter context similar meaning "Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:" Baruch 2:17 KJVcopy save

Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:

Judith 6:4chapter context similar meaning "For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain." Judith 6:4 KJVcopy save

For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain.

Ecclesiasticus 38:23chapter context similar meaning "When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his Spirit is departed from him." Ecclesiasticus 38:23 KJVcopy save

When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his Spirit is departed from him.

Wisdom of Solomon 19:3chapter context similar meaning "For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone." Wisdom of Solomon 19:3 KJVcopy save

For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.

Wisdom of Solomon 14:15chapter context similar meaning "For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices." Wisdom of Solomon 14:15 KJVcopy save

For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.

Ecclesiasticus 8:7chapter context similar meaning "Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all." Ecclesiasticus 8:7 KJVcopy save

Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:32chapter context similar meaning "They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead." Letter of Jeremiah 1:32 KJVcopy save

They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:18chapter context similar meaning "They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn: and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead for evermore." Wisdom of Solomon 4:18 KJVcopy save

They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn: and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead for evermore.