Psalm 116:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of his saints.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Precious (important and no light matter) in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints (His loving ones).

American Standard Version (1901)

Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

Common English Bible

The death of the LORD’s faithful is a costly loss in his eyes.

Psalm 116:15 Cross References

Job 5:26

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

Psalm 72:14

He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious shall their blood be in his sight:

Luke 16:22

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

Revelation 1:18

and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Revelation 14:3

and they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.

1 Samuel 25:29

And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.