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

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your 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 you love is sick.

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

To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The righteous perishes, and no man lays 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 forever?

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with 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 tore them in two pieces.

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I slay them? shall I slay 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 only their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord GOD.

And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, 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 holy, and protected him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.