18 Bible Verses about Death, Of Believers

if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. Thus we are the Lord's whether we live or die;

As life means Christ to me, so death means gain. But then, if it is to be life here below, that means fruitful work for me. So ??well, I cannot tell which to choose; I am in a dilemma between the two. My strong desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far the best.

"Now, Master, thou canst let thy servant go, and go in peace, as thou didst promise;

The last drops of my own sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have run my course; I have kept the faith. Now the crown of a good life awaits me, with which the Lord, that just Judge, will reward me on the great Day ??and not only me but all who have loved and longed for his appearance.

"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

who died for us that waking in life or sleeping in death we should live together with him.

Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power, they shall be priests of God and the Christ, and reign along with him during the thousand years.

he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more ??no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?

and has now revealed in the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has put down death and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel.

Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil)

Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire,

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first;

Jesus said to her, "I am myself resurrection and life: he who believes in me will live, even if he dies, and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. You believe that?"

(Death is the last foe to be put down.)

I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.