Quotes about Bury
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
- Genesis 23:6
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
- Genesis 23:13
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
- Genesis 23:15
my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
- Genesis 50:5
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:15
So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
- 1 Kings 13:29
Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
- Lamentations 3:29
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
- Hosea 9:6
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Matthew 8:21
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
- Matthew 8:22
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Luke 9:59
"She's the sort of woman now," said Mould… "one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly, too!"
- Charles Dickens