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This collection has 22 Bible verses about death — 6 from the Old Testament and 16 from the New Testament. John appears most often (4 verses), across 13 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about death? Read 22 carefully selected Bible verses about death, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”"
"Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”"
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus."
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
"Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”"
"Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna."
"Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”"
"Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
"“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also. Where I go, you know, and you know the way.”"
"For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!"
"Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,"
"The last enemy that will be abolished is death."
"For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten."
"Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight. We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord."
"For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
"Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints."
"My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
"A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth."
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This collection has 22 Bible verses about death — 6 from the Old Testament and 16 from the New Testament. John appears most often (4 verses), across 13 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about death? Read 22 carefully selected Bible verses about death, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Revelation 21:4 — “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.””
Luke 23:43 — “Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.””
John 3:16 — “For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Full collection: 22 verses on this page (27% Old Testament, 73% New Testament).
This page curates 22 verses about death from 13 books. John is the most frequent source (4 verses). Scripture touches the theme in many places; these are the ones readers look up most often for study and encouragement.
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