until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
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