2 Maccabees 12:43-46 “…he made atonement for the dead…”
Job 19:1,23-27 “…I know that my vindicator lives….”
Ecclesiastes 3.1-8 “…A time to be born, a time to die…”
Wisdom 3.1-9 “…The souls of the just are in the hand of God…”
Sirach 2:1-11 “…in fire gold is tested….Compassionate is the Lord…”
Isaiah 25:6,7-9 “…he will destroy death forever…”
Lamentations 3:17-26 “…My portion is the Lord, says my soul…”
Ezekiel 37:12-14 “O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise…”
Daniel 12:1-3 “…the wise shall shine brightly…”
Micah 7:7-9 “…though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light…”