1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously passed away. (WEY)
Jonah 4:2 and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, 'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou 'art' a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil? (See NAS)