KJV King James Version
Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.
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Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
WEB World English Bible
Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.
ASV American Standard Version
Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints.
Surrounding context — Psalm 116
12 What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.
16 O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
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Psalm 72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.1 Samuel 25:29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but 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 out] of the middle of a sling.Psalm 37:32-33The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;Revelation 14:3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.Revelation 1:18[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Job 5:26Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
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