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10/10 · exceptional
1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them. (WEB) 2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster, (WEB) 3 and their travel away from us ruin, but they are in peace. (WEB) 4 For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality. (WEB) 5 Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good; because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself. (WEB) 6 He tested them like gold in the furnace, and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering. (WEB) 7 In the time of their visitation they will shine. They will run back and forth like sparks among stubble. (WEB) 8 They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples. The Lord will reign over them forever. (WEB) 9 Those who trust him will understand truth. The faithful will live with him in love, because grace and mercy are with his chosen ones. (WEB) 10 But the ungodly will be punished even as their reasoning deserves, those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord; (WEB) 11 for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable. Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable. Their works are useless. (WEB)
7/10 · strong
15 But the righteous live forever. Their reward is in the Lord, and the care for them with the Most High. (WEB) 16 Therefore they will receive the crown of royal dignity and the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand, because he will cover them with his right hand, and he will shield them with his arm. (WEB)
6/10 · good
2 Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you. I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them: (ENO) 3 That all goodness and joy and glory are prepared for them, And written down for the spirits of those who have died in righteousness, And that manifold good shall be given to you in recompense for your labours, And that your lot is abundantly beyond the lot of the living. (ENO) 4 And the spirits of you who have died in righteousness shall live and rejoice, And their spirits shall not perish, nor their memorial from before the face of the Great One Unto all the generations of the world: wherefore no longer fear their contumely. (ENO) 5 Woe to you, ye sinners, when ye have died, If ye die in the wealth of your sins, And those who are like you say regarding you: “Blessed are the sinners: they have seen all their days. (ENO) 6 And now they have died in prosperity and in wealth, And have not seen tribulation or murder in their life; And they have died in honour, And judgement has not been executed on them during their life.” (ENO) 7 Know ye, that their souls will be made to descend into Sheol And they shall be wretched in their great tribulation. (ENO) 8 And into darkness and chains and a burning flame where there is grievous judgement shall your spirits enter; And the great judgement shall be for all the generations of the wo… (ENO)
5/10 · good
4 Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous, And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness. (ENO) 5 And grieve not if your soul into Sheol has descended in grief, And that in your life your body fared not according to your goodness, But wait for the day of the judgement of sinners And for the day of cursing and chastisement. (ENO) 6 And yet when ye die the sinners speak over you: ‘As we die, so die the righteous, And what benefit do they reap for their deeds? (ENO)
6/10 · good
2 Then all who have fallen asleep in hope of Him shall rise again. And it shall come to pass at that time that the treasuries will be opened in which is preserved the number of the souls of the righteous, and they shall come forth, and a multitude of souls shall be seen together in one (2BA)
8/10 · strong
1 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
5/10 · good
1 With this hope therefore let our souls be bound unto Him that is faithful in His promises and that is righteous in His judgments. (1CL)
6/10 · good
16 We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father. (WEB) 17 Let’s see if his words are true. Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life. (WEB) 18 For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries. (WEB) 19 Let’s test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and test his patience. (WEB) 20 Let’s condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words.” (WEB) 21 Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray; for their wickedness blinded them, (WEB) 22 and they didn’t know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls. (WEB) 23 Because God created man for incorruption, and made him an image of his own everlastingness; (WEB) 24 but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil, and those who belong to him experience it. (WEB)
4/10 · fair
12 what will befall them in the end. For the righteous justly hope for the end, and without fear depart from this habitation, because they have with Thee a store of works preserved in treasuries. (2BA) 13 On this account also these without fear leave this world, and trusting with joy they hope to (2BA)
6/10 · good
9 Who, since they came into being, longed not after earthly food, but regarded everything as a passing breath, and lived accordingly, and the Lord tried them much, and their spirits were found pure so that they should bless His name. (ENO) 10 And all the blessings destined for them I have recounted in the books. And He hath assigned them their recompense, because they have been found to be such as loved heaven more than their life in the world, and though they were trodden under foot of wicked men, and experienced abuse and reviling from them and were put to shame, yet they blessed Me. (ENO) 11 And now I will summon the spirits of the good who belong to the generation of light, and I will transform those who were born in darkness, who in the flesh were not recompensed with such honour as their faithfulness deserved. (ENO) 12 And I will bring forth in shining light those who have loved My holy name, and I will seat each on the throne of his honour. (ENO) 13 And they shall be resplendent for times without number; for righteousness is the judgement of God; for to the faithful He will give faithfulness in the habitation of upright paths. (ENO)