My LORD’s BibleJeremiah 38
1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
וַיִּשְׁמַע שְׁפַטְיָה בֶן־מַתָּן וּגְדַלְיָהוּ בֶּן־פַּשְׁחוּר וְיוּכַל בֶּן־שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ וּפַשְׁחוּר בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּה אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר יִרְמְיָהוּ מְדַבֵּר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר׃ (5501)
See also: Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 38:16, Jeremiah 39:17, 1 Chronicles 9:12, Ezra 2:3, Nehemiah 7:9, Nehemiah 11:12, Jeremiah 37:3-4, Jeremiah 37:13, Acts 4:1-2, Acts 4:6-10, Acts 5:28, Jeremiah 11:21, Jeremiah 25:2, Jeremiah 36:16
2Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת יָמוּת בַּחֶרֶב בָּרָעָב וּבַדָּבֶר וְהַיֹּצֵא אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּים [יִחְיֶה כ] (וְחָיָה ק) וְהָיְתָה־לֹּו נַפְשֹׁו לְשָׁלָל וָחָי׃ (4476)
See also: Jeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 45:5, Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 27:11, Jeremiah 34:17, Acts 17:6, 2 Kings 25:3, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 29:16, Jeremiah 42:17, Ezekiel 14:21, Isaiah 22:2, Jeremiah 21:8-9, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 27:13, Jeremiah 29:18, Jeremiah 42:22, Jeremiah 44:13
3Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנָּתֹן תִּנָּתֵן הָעִיר הַזֹּאת בְּיַד חֵיל מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל וּלְכָדָהּ׃ (2648)
4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הַשָּׂרִים אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ יוּמַת נָא אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה כִּי־עַל־כֵּן הוּא־מְרַפֵּא אֶת־יְדֵי אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה הַנִּשְׁאָרִים ׀ בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת וְאֵת יְדֵי כָל־הָעָם לְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה כִּי ׀ הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה אֵינֶנּוּ דֹרֵשׁ לְשָׁלֹום לָעָם הַזֶּה כִּי אִם־לְרָעָה׃ (8091)
See also: Ezra 4:4, Amos 7:10, 1 Kings 22:8, Jeremiah 26:11, Nehemiah 6:9, Luke 23:2, Acts 16:20, Exodus 5:4, 1 Kings 18:17-18, 1 Kings 21:20, Jeremiah 29:7, Jeremiah 38:25, Jeremiah 43:3, Acts 5:28, 1 Kings 13:4, 2 Kings 6:31, 2 Chronicles 18:7, 2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 36:14, Ezra 4:12
5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ הִנֵּה־הוּא בְּיֶדְכֶם כִּי־אֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ יוּכַל אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר׃ (1634)
See also: Jeremiah 26:14, John 19:12-16, Genesis 16:6, Exodus 23:2, Jeremiah 37:17, Daniel 6:16, Joshua 9:25, 1 Samuel 15:24, 2 Samuel 3:39, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 19:22, Job 1:12, Proverbs 29:25, Jeremiah 38:19
6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ אֹתֹו אֶל־הַבֹּור ׀ מַלְכִּיָּהוּ בֶן־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר בַּחֲצַר הַמַּטָּרָה וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּחֲבָלִים וּבַבֹּור אֵין־מַיִם כִּי אִם־טִיט וַיִּטְבַּע יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּטִּיט׃ (5131)
See also: Psalms 40:2, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14, Jeremiah 37:21, Genesis 37:24, Isaiah 51:14, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 37:16, Jeremiah 38:22, Lamentations 3:53, Daniel 3:23, Zechariah 9:11, Exodus 12:29, Psalms 109:5, Isaiah 24:22, Jeremiah 1:19, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:52-55, Acts 16:24, 1 Kings 22:27
7Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
וַיִּשְׁמַע עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי אִישׁ סָרִיס וְהוּא בְּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי־נָתְנוּ אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־הַבֹּור וְהַמֶּלֶךְ יֹושֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן׃ (4696)
See also: Luke 10:33, Amos 5:10, Acts 8:27, Deuteronomy 21:19, Joshua 20:4, 2 Kings 5:13, Proverbs 31:8, Jeremiah 29:2, Jeremiah 37:13, Isaiah 56:3, Jeremiah 13:23, Jeremiah 39:16-18, Zechariah 14:10, Matthew 8:11-12, Matthew 20:16, Luke 10:30-36, Luke 13:29-30, 2 Kings 24:15, Job 29:7-17, Psalms 68:31
8Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king saying,
וַיֵּצֵא עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיְדַבֵּר אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹר׃ (1439)
See also: Micah 7:18, Jeremiah 32:3
9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הֵרֵעוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לְיִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הִשְׁלִיכוּ אֶל־הַבֹּור וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּיו מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב כִּי אֵין הַלֶּחֶם עֹוד בָּעִיר׃ (6375)
See also: Jeremiah 39:17, Jeremiah 37:21, Lamentations 1:11, Lamentations 3:53, Exodus 23:2, Isaiah 3:1, Jeremiah 52:6, 2 Corinthians 11:27, Genesis 47:18, Esther 7:4-6, Job 31:34, Proverbs 24:11-12, Proverbs 31:8-9
10Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
וַיְצַוֶּה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵת עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי לֵאמֹר קַח בְּיָדְךָ מִזֶּה שְׁלֹשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים וְהַעֲלִיתָ אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא מִן־הַבֹּור בְּטֶרֶם יָמוּת׃ (4939)
11So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
וַיִּקַּח ׀ עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּיָדֹו וַיָּבֹא בֵית־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־תַּחַת הָאֹוצָר וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם בְּלֹויֵ [הַסְּחָבֹות כ] (סְחָבֹות ק) וּבְלֹויֵ מְלָחִים וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־הַבֹּור בַּחֲבָלִים׃ (5629)
See also: Jeremiah 38:6, Joshua 6:19
12And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
וַיֹּאמֶר עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁי אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ שִׂים נָא בְּלֹואֵי הַסְּחָבֹות וְהַמְּלָחִים תַּחַת אַצִּלֹות יָדֶיךָ מִתַּחַת לַחֲבָלִים וַיַּעַשׂ יִרְמְיָהוּ כֵּן׃ (5210)
13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
וַיִּמְשְׁכוּ אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּחֲבָלִים וַיַּעֲלוּ אֹתֹו מִן־הַבֹּור וַיֵּשֶׁב יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּחֲצַר הַמַּטָּרָה׃ (3126)
See also: Jeremiah 37:21, Exodus 12:29, Jeremiah 38:28, Acts 23:35, Acts 28:16, Acts 28:30, 1 Kings 22:27, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 39:14-18, Acts 24:23-26
14Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
וַיִּשְׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא אֵלָיו אֶל־מָבֹוא הַשְּׁלִישִׁי אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ שֹׁאֵל אֲנִי אֹתְךָ דָּבָר אַל־תְּכַחֵד מִמֶּנִּי דָּבָר׃ (5733)
See also: 1 Kings 22:16, Jeremiah 21:1-2, Jeremiah 37:17, 1 Samuel 3:17-18, 2 Chronicles 36:12, Jeremiah 42:2-5, Jeremiah 42:20, Acts 24:25, 2 Samuel 14:18, 1 Kings 10:5, 2 Kings 16:18, 2 Chronicles 18:5, 2 Chronicles 18:15, Jeremiah 21:2, Ezekiel 7:26, Ezekiel 14:7
15Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
וַיֹּאמֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּהוּ כִּי אַגִּיד לְךָ הֲלֹוא הָמֵת תְּמִיתֵנִי וְכִי אִיעָצְךָ לֹא תִשְׁמַע אֵלָי׃ (3378)
16So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
וַיִּשָּׁבַע הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּסֵּתֶר לֵאמֹר חַי־יְהוָה [אֶת כ] אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה־לָנוּ אֶת־הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַזֹּאת אִם־אֲמִיתֶךָ וְאִם־אֶתֶּנְךָ בְּיַד הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר מְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ׃ (7946)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:7, Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 38:1-6, Isaiah 57:16, Zechariah 12:1, John 3:2, Numbers 16:22, Numbers 27:16, Jeremiah 34:20, 1 Samuel 20:3, Job 31:34, Isaiah 42:5, Jeremiah 22:25, Hebrews 12:9
17Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
וַיֹּאמֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּהוּ כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־יָצֹא תֵצֵא אֶל־שָׂרֵי מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל וְחָיְתָה נַפְשֶׁךָ וְהָעִיר הַזֹּאת לֹא תִשָּׂרֵף בָּאֵשׁ וְחָיִתָה אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶךָ׃ (7666)
See also: Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:17, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 21:8-10, Jeremiah 39:3, 2 Kings 24:12, Jeremiah 7:6-7, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 21:9, 1 Chronicles 17:24, Psalms 80:7, Psalms 80:14, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 29:16, Jeremiah 40:9, Amos 5:27, 2 Kings 24:20, Ezra 9:4, Job 23:13, Ezekiel 17:14
18But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
וְאִם לֹא־תֵצֵא אֶל־שָׂרֵי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְנִתְּנָה הָעִיר הַזֹּאת בְּיַד הַכַּשְׂדִּים וּשְׂרָפוּהָ בָּאֵשׁ וְאַתָּה לֹא־תִמָּלֵט מִיָּדָם׃ (4754)
See also: Jeremiah 38:23, 2 Kings 25:4-10, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 24:8-10, Jeremiah 32:3-5, Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 38:3, Jeremiah 39:8, Ezekiel 17:15, 2 Kings 24:12, 2 Kings 25:27-30, Jeremiah 34:2-3, Jeremiah 34:19-22, Jeremiah 37:8, Jeremiah 39:3, Jeremiah 39:5-7, Jeremiah 52:7-11, Ezekiel 12:13, Ezekiel 17:20-21, 1 Kings 12:26
19And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ אֲנִי דֹאֵג אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר נָפְלוּ אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּים פֶּן־יִתְּנוּ אֹתִי בְּיָדָם וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־בִי׃ (4118)
See also: John 12:42, Isaiah 51:12-13, Isaiah 57:11, Jeremiah 38:22, John 19:12-13, 1 Samuel 31:4, Jeremiah 39:9, Judges 9:54, Judges 16:25, 1 Samuel 15:24, Job 31:34, Proverbs 29:25, Isaiah 45:9-10, Ezekiel 11:8, Jeremiah 38:5
20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
וַיֹּאמֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ לֹא יִתֵּנוּ שְׁמַע־נָא ׀ בְּקֹול יְהוָה לַאֲשֶׁר אֲנִי דֹּבֵר אֵלֶיךָ וְיִיטַב לְךָ וּתְחִי נַפְשֶׁךָ׃ (3470)
See also: 2 Corinthians 5:20, Jeremiah 15:19, Ephesians 4:1, Isaiah 55:3, Jeremiah 26:13, Daniel 4:27, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Jeremiah 27:13, Acts 26:29, Jeremiah 11:4, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Philemon 1:8-10, James 1:22
21But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
וְאִם־מָאֵן אַתָּה לָצֵאת זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר הִרְאַנִי יְהוָה׃ (2081)
See also: Ezekiel 2:4-5, Ezekiel 2:7, Exodus 10:3-4, Exodus 16:28, Numbers 23:19-20, Numbers 24:13, 2 Kings 8:10, Job 23:13, Job 34:33, Proverbs 1:24-31, Isaiah 1:19-20, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 15:19-21, Jeremiah 17:27, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 26:15, Jeremiah 42:19, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Acts 18:6, Acts 20:26-27
22And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
וְהִנֵּה כָל־הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאֲרוּ בְּבֵית מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה מוּצָאֹות אֶל־שָׂרֵי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְהֵנָּה אֹמְרֹות הִסִּיתוּךָ וְיָכְלוּ לְךָ אַנְשֵׁי שְׁלֹמֶךָ הָטְבְּעוּ בַבֹּץ רַגְלֶךָ נָסֹגוּ אָחֹור׃ (6181)
See also: Psalms 69:2, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:19, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 43:6, Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 5:11, Psalms 41:9, Psalms 69:14, Isaiah 42:17, Jeremiah 6:12, Jeremiah 20:10, Jeremiah 30:14, Jeremiah 38:4-6, Jeremiah 41:10, Lamentations 1:13, Obadiah 1:7, Micah 7:5, Jeremiah 46:5, Jeremiah 46:21
23So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
וְאֶת־כָּל־נָשֶׁיךָ וְאֶת־בָּנֶיךָ מֹוצִאִים אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּים וְאַתָּה לֹא־תִמָּלֵט מִיָּדָם כִּי בְיַד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל תִּתָּפֵשׂ וְאֶת־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת תִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ׃ (6677)
See also: Jeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 32:4, 2 Kings 25:7, 2 Chronicles 36:20-21, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 27:12-13, Jeremiah 37:8, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 52:8-13, Ezekiel 17:15, Numbers 4:18, 2 Kings 25:6, Jeremiah 25:35, Jeremiah 27:17, Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 52:13, Ezekiel 14:9
24Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
וַיֹּאמֶר צִדְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ אִישׁ אַל־יֵדַע בַּדְּבָרִים־הָאֵלֶּה וְלֹא תָמוּת׃ (2382)
See also: Jeremiah 37:17
25But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
וְכִי־יִשְׁמְעוּ הַשָּׂרִים כִּי־דִבַּרְתִּי אִתָּךְ וּבָאוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְאָמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ הַגִּידָה־נָּא לָנוּ מַה־דִּבַּרְתָּ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אַל־תְּכַחֵד מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא נְמִיתֶךָ וּמַה־דִּבֶּר אֵלֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (4984)
26Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם מַפִּיל־אֲנִי תְחִנָּתִי לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לְבִלְתִּי הֲשִׁיבֵנִי בֵּית יְהֹונָתָן לָמוּת שָׁם׃ (4685)
See also: Esther 7:3, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:20, Acts 16:24, 1 Samuel 16:2, Esther 4:8, Jeremiah 40:8, Jeremiah 42:2
27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
וַיָּבֹאוּ כָל־הַשָּׂרִים אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ אֹתֹו וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם כְּכָל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּחֲרִשׁוּ מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי לֹא־נִשְׁמַע הַדָּבָר׃ (4257)
See also: Proverbs 11:13, Jeremiah 38:25, 1 Samuel 10:15-16, 1 Samuel 16:2-5, 2 Kings 6:19, Acts 23:6
28So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
וַיֵּשֶׁב יִרְמְיָהוּ בַּחֲצַר הַמַּטָּרָה עַד־יֹום אֲשֶׁר־נִלְכְּדָה יְרוּשָׁלִָם ס וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר נִלְכְּדָה יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (3776)
See also: Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 33:1, Jeremiah 39:14, Psalms 23:4, Jeremiah 15:20-21, Jeremiah 38:13, Jeremiah 29:26, Jeremiah 36:5, 2 Timothy 3:11, 2 Timothy 4:17-18, Hebrews 11:36