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Bread: Served Round After Funerals Ezekiel 24:17–22

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” / So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded. / Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”

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Funeral John 11:25, 26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

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Funeral Revelation 21:4

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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Funeral 1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

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Funeral Jeremiah 16:5

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.

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Funeral Leviticus 19:28

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

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Funeral Ecclesiastes 12:7

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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Funeral John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Funeral Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Funeral Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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Funeral Psalm 146:4

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

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Music: The Jews Used in Funeral Ceremonies Matthew 9:23

When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.

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Sackcloth was Worn: At Funerals 2 Samuel 3:31

Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

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Woman: Often Engaged in Attending Funerals As Mourners Jeremiah 9:17, 20

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. / Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

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