21 Bible Verses about Death Averted

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.