Job 14:7-12, 27:8, Isa 38:18, Lam 3:21-22, Luk 16:26-29 | ESV | STEP | For there is hope for a tree , if it be cut down , that it will sprout again , and that its shoots will not cease .

Job 14:7-12

7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
and ^aits stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out ^bbranches like a young plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and ^cwhere is he?
11 ^dAs waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
till ^ethe heavens are no more he will not awake
or be ^froused out of his sleep.

Job 27:8

8 ^gFor what is the hope of the godless ^hwhen God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?

Isaiah 38:18

18 ⁱFor Sheol does not thank you;
death does not praise you;
those who go down to the pit do not hope
for your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:21-22

21 But this I call to mind,
and ^jtherefore I have hope:
22 ^kThe steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; ^{▼▼Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off}
^mhis mercies never come to an end;

Luke 16:26-29

26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters}—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have ^oMoses and the Prophets; ^plet them hear them.’