16 My son, let your tears fall over the dead, and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation. Wind up his body with due honor. Don’t neglect his burial. (WEB)
Sirach 38:16
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Sirach 38:22–24
22 Remember his end, for so also will yours be: yesterday for him, and today for you. (WEB) 23 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest. Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him. (WEB) 24 The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure. He who ha… (WEB)
Jeremiah 22:9–11
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Psalms 35:13–15
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. 14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother. 15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee;…
Jeremiah 48:16–18
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1 Kings 13:29–31
29 So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him. 30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!” 31 After he had buried him, the…
4 Maccabees 16:10–12
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