In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.