Zechariah 1:5

New International Reader's Version

“Where are those people now? And what about my prophets? Do they live forever?

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha had been suffering from a sickness. Later he would die from it. Jehoash, the king of Israel, went down to see him. Jehoash wept over him. “My father!” he cried. “You are like a father to me! You, Elisha, are the true chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

2 Kings 13:20

Elisha died and was buried. Some robbers from Moab used to enter the country of Israel every spring.

Psalm 90:10

We live to be about 70. Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy. But even our best days are filled with trouble and sorrow. The years quickly pass, and we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 1:4

People come and people go. But the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Remember your Creator before you become afraid of places that are too high. You will also be terrified because of danger in the streets. Remember your Creator before the almond trees have buds on them. That’s when grasshoppers will drag themselves along. Old people will lose their desire. That’s when people will go to their dark homes in the grave. And those who mourn for the dead will walk around in the streets.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 36:28

“Get another scroll. Write on it all the words that were on the first one. King Jehoiakim burned that one up.

Lamentations 5:7

Our people of long ago sinned. And they are now dead. We are being punished because of their sins.

John 8:52

Then they cried out, “Now we know you are controlled by a demon! Abraham died. So did the prophets. But you say that whoever obeys your word will never die.

Acts 13:36

“David carried out God’s purpose while he lived. Then he died. He was buried with his people. His body rotted away.

Hebrews 9:27

People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.

1 Samuel 25:1

When Samuel died, the whole nation of Israel gathered together. They were filled with sorrow because he was dead. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went down into the Desert of Paran.