Quotes From Psalms About Death Quotes

Sometimes when you experience something wonderful, everything else loses its shine. ~ M.E. Vaughan

Death is the evil twin of life. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I would rather die doing good than live doing evil. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Let the pain & suffering of all that appears to be lost, be soothed, healed & comforted. ~ Eleesha

Life exists to make us stronger than death. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it! ~ Psalms 118:24

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is. ~ Lynn Austin

The Book of Psalms instructs us in the use of wings as well as words. It sets us both mounting and singing. ~ Charles Spurgeon

The aim of all life is death. Life is the apprenticeship that we serve preparing for death. Life is the fleeting spark of divinity that precedes a deathless eternity. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

You can talk about your Psalms and your John 3:16. Well, Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your *ss. ~ Stone Cold Steve Austin

We have control on every word of the dictionary except for the 2:; "Death" and "Heart ~ Nikita Tak

The only way to understand the Psalms is on your knees, the whole congregation praying the words of the Psalms with all its strength. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

May you find the strength and resolve today, to allow a deeper sense of healing to begin. ~ Eleesha

When you have mastered life you have conquered death. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

John Calvin called the Book of Psalms 'an anatomy of all parts of the soul.' All the range of emotions are expressed; the Psalms weave an emotional fabric for the human soul. These inspired lyrics take us by the hand and train us in proper emotion. They lead us to emotional maturity. ~ Kevin Swanson

Some people imagine that death is the only destination of life. ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

If you need a handbook for praise and worship, read Psalms. ~ Jim George

Death is the great equalizer of human beings. Death is the boundary that we need to measure the precious texture of our lives. All people owe a death. There is no use vexing about inevitable degeneration and death because far greater people than me succumbed to death's endless sleep without living as many years as me. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The keys to death unlock the doors to life. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

he death of a purposeful person is not the death of purpose ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

According to Benedict's scheme, the community reads through ... the entire book of Psalms every week. The monks are therefore exposed ... to all the despairing, doubtful, bitter, vindictive, jingoistic, nationalistic, and seemingly racist passages in the Psalter. It is not that every sentiment expressed by a psalmist is admirable, but that in praying the Psalms, we confront ourselves as we really are. The Psalms are a reality check to keep prayer from becoming sentimental, superficial, or detached from the real world. ~ Richard H. Schmidt

A warrior experiences many burials, but only one death. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As we witness the death of departed souls, other people will observe our departure from the world. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life. ~ St. Jerome

It's a harrowing experience to see death approaching in haste towards you, what is hell but confronting your own mortality ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

When we pray the Psalms we are continuing a three-thousand-year-old tradition - a tradition practiced by Jesus and the Apostles. We pray the Psalms, not to express what we feel, but to learn to feel what they express. In praying the Psalms we learn to experience the whole range of human emotion in a way that is healthy and healing. ~ Brian Zahnd

The Psalms draw a hard and fast distinction between the righteous and the wicked, something that is not appreciated in a period of religious syncretism. ~ Kevin Swanson

There are only two rules. One is E. M. Forster's guide to Alexandria; the best way to know Alexandria is to wander aimlessly. The second is from the Psalms; grin like a dog and run about through the city. ~ Jan Morris

Romans gave Luther his theology, but it was the Psalms that gave him his thunder. ~ Steven J. Lawson

Every thought about death takes a moment of life away. ~ Dejan Stojanovic

Communication is the breath or death of any relationship ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

I find in the Psalms much the same range of mood and expression as I perceive within my own life of prayer. ~ Reverend Malcolm Boyd

If you need a guide for your ongoing relationship with God, read Psalms. ~ Jim George

All the wonders of the Greek civilization heaped together are less wonderful than the single book of Psalms. Greece had all that this world could give her; but the flowers of Paradise blossomed in Palestine alone. ~ William E. Gladstone

Flip a coin. Life or death. Heads or tails. You never know. ~ Laurie Nadel

Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God. ~ R.C. Sproul

Relationships that are merely based on practicality or utility will ultimately make us feel lonely. ~ Tatjana Ostojic

There's a reason Psalm 51 is the best known of the Penitential Psalms and one of the best-loved psalms of all. It speaks to the deep pain we feel inside us when we sin, and then it shows us the mercy of God. His is the love of a Father who sees his child's stricken face - washes the tears away - and then reaches inside to create in us "a clean heart;" to breathe "a new and right spirit" within us. ~ Sarah Christmyer

Death is the final destination of every man. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

No matter how much you love someone, time heals your pain and your death wish. ~ Parul Wadhwa

A single farmer can feed the whole town, but no one will ever notice his death. Except when they are feeling hungry again. That's the nature and ingratitude of humanity. ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

I cannot see how it can be argued that one should speak in tones of reverence and awe about the alleged divine instruction-in Psalms-to grab the defenseless bodies of innocent infants and dash their brains out against the nearest rocks or walls. ~ Steve Allen

Someone remarked that the newspapers or the news magazines are the same as the psalms except that the names changed in the stories. Maybe you can't understand the psalms without understanding the newspaper and the other way around. ~ Corita Kent

To know how glorious you are, it is only after your death. ~ Auliq Ice

Life and death issues are a universal concern. A person can learn about life by investigating the psychological and social aspects related to dying. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death. ~ Terry Pratchett

Death is around the corner for everyone, but always beside a fool. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

For no soul can ever be replaced, and death claims a beauty and a magnificence that will always be missed. ~ Jocelyn Soriano

Every step we take in life, is one step closer to our death - Huja ~ Rehan Khan

If you can HELP someone, DO IT! The world NEEDS more of THAT! ~ Tanya Masse

Count the roses, not the thorns. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Follow your dreams, not the crowd. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The whirlwind of life.
Spinning so quickly you can loose sight.
But hold tight.
In a blink of an eye, time swallows light. ~ Ann Marie Frohoff

When people leave you, identify why they left and think about what is left ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. ~ Psalms 139

The greatest loss is the lost of life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sooner or later everything will turn to dust - except love ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Cats only have nine lives, but sages have a thousand. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Without hope, death is merely the doorway to darkness. An oblivion from which none returns. With hope, death becomes the gateway to everlasting light, an illumination of the sensorium - Huja ~ Rehan Khan

When you wrestle with life, your heart inevitably becomes a warrior; when you wrestle with death, your soul inevitably becomes a conqueror. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Death by drowning, death by snakebite ... death by memory loss, death by claymore ... death by paper cuts, death by whoreknife, death by poker game ... death by authority, death by isolation, death by genocide, death by Kennedy ... death by signature, death by silence ... death by performance ~ Colum McCann

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold. ~ Aberjhani

The best data we have [concerning the Big Bang] are exactly what I would have predicted, had I nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, the bible as a whole. ~ Arno Hintjens

Death is the remedy of all pain. ~ Saif Samir

Death is the great equalizer ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

When the leaves stop falling wasn't her time to die, it was your time to live. ~ Kelly Moran

You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91. ~ Ray Lewis

Focus on creating value by finding and solving problems for others. ~ Mensah Oteh

The day I died was just like any other idle Thursday. ~ Kelly Moran

Life into death
Life's other shape,
No rupture,
Only crossing. ~ Dejan Stojanovic

OVERREACTING" sounds like "OVARYACTING" Coincidence? I think NOT!! ~ Tanya Masse

Poetic language is singularly appropriate for recounting the life of the king who is traditionally accepted as the author of the poetic psalms, some of which are included in the narrative. ~ Robert Pinsky

Warriors achieve more than worriers. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When I was young, I prayed to God for an angel and He replied, "I already gave you one: your mother. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love is revealed progressively. ~ Mensah Oteh

People will treat you unkindly at times. Forgive them always. ~ Mensah Oteh

Writing isn't only about a completed piece of work.
It's about the writer you're becoming while creating. ~ T.N. Suarez

You are perfect, not tomorrow, not in the future, but today. ~ Mensah Oteh

It's funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say. ~ Auliq Ice

Leadership Is About Care, Not Scare, It's About Giving, Not Taking". ~ Venugopal Acharya

In greatness, life and death merge. ~ Dejan Stojanovic

LIFE never really ends ... It just changes. You never lose your loved ones,
you gain guardian angels. ~ Tanya Masse

Making true love is not about feeling the skin,
It's about feeling the soul without touching. ~ Bzam

Time is quixotic because it can torment us. When we have insufficient stimulus to fill our lives, we resent the relentless quality of time, and we engage in activities designed to "kill time." Time that passes slowly creates insufferable boredom; time that passes to quickly makes us aware of our accelerated death march. A person's perspective on time depends mostly on what they are most afraid of, boredom or death. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Death does not mark the end of a chapter in a man's life, but the end of a book of man, the beautiful conclusion to his yearnings. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Life has a sense of humour; it hides its best treasures in unexpected places. ~ Mensah Oteh

Death is an illusion, Love is not! ~ Tapan Ghosh

Never judge a person how he died, but how he lived. ~ Rudolf Jerome Ragay

I grow fond of David, who lays a single stone before Goliath and a single book, the Psalms, in the mouth of the world. ~ Erri De Luca

Holdups serve to help you learn more about what you are trying to achieve, push your boundaries and score a lot of small victories when you overcome all these unexpected hurdles. ~ Saidi Mdala

See, I have dated death
and decided
he was not
the man for me. ~ Kara Petrovic

The gospel of miracle that we preach promotes death and encourages corruption. ~ Sunday Adelaja

The love we say we feel for another is, in most cases, just a selfish hunt for our own happiness. ~ Tatjana Ostojic

Death is buried there into death
Hunger strikes on its own last breath
No spine to shiver, no heart talks
At life's craving poverty mocks

From the poem 'Exhumation ~ Munia Khan

A helping hand is better than a critical tongue. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In HEATHEN, R. Flowers Rivera remixes the classical and the Biblical, the usual and the typical until what we thought we knew of ourselves and others is new again. The mythic becomes particular; the particular becomes mythic in these fascinating poems of personalities and personas. Rivera's work is rich in empathy and invention. Heathen is a book of psalms for the present day. ~ Terrance Hayes

Nonconformity in dating is all about being authentic and true to yourself. ~ Amy Leigh Mercree

Death? Why all this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition to life, not an evil. ~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The higher you rise, the smaller your enemies. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Spiritual dating is about listening to your instincts and not rushing into anything. ~ Amy Leigh Mercree