1 Corinthians 15:55

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?”

Cross References

Job 41:22

In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.

Psalm 89:48

What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

Hosea 13:14

Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion is hid from my eyes.

Luke 16:23

and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

Acts 2:27

For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let thy Holy One see corruption.

Acts 9:5

And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;

Romans 5:14

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Revelation 9:10

They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.