17 Bible Verses about Death, Preparation For
Most Relevant Verses
LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, } Thus says the LORD, { Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and be no more.
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth. The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your exile here in fear:
But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.
