Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
18 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “death” →
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
