About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and said to him, "The LORD tells you that you are to put everything in order, because you will not recover. Get ready to die."

Some time later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob.

The sisters sent Jesus a message: "Lord, your dear friend is sick."

He is anxious to see you all and is very upset because you had heard that he was sick.

Help us, LORD! There is not a good person left; honest people can no longer be found.

Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.

Your ancestors and those prophets are no longer alive.

For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.

Elisha saw it and cried out to Elijah, "My father, my father! Mighty defender of Israel! You are gone!" And he never saw Elijah again. In grief Elisha tore his cloak in two.

When the king of Israel saw the Syrians, he asked Elisha, "Shall I kill them, sir? Shall I kill them?"

A city becomes great when the righteous give it their blessing; but a city is brought to ruin by the words of the wicked.

Even if those three men, Noah, Danel, and Job, were living there, their goodness would save only their own lives." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

I looked for someone who could build a wall, who could stand in the places where the walls have crumbled and defend the land when my anger is about to destroy it, but I could find no one.

Herod was afraid of John because he knew that John was a good and holy man, and so he kept him safe. He liked to listen to him, even though he became greatly disturbed every time he heard him.