23 Bible Verses about Death Looms Near

I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.

The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.

My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. The grave is waiting for me.

He said: I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice.

And they came to him, woke him, and cried: Save us, Lord, or we will perish.

They awoke him saying: Master, Master, we parish! He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and there was calm.

A centurion's servant, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and at the point of death.

His twelve-year old daughter was dying. She was his only daughter. As he went the crowds surrounded him.

He heard that Jesus came from Judea into Galilee. He went to him and urged him to come see his son. His son was near death.

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death.

A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that when he lies down, he will not rise up again.

You, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity. You will enter Babylon, and there you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.'

I will throw you and your mother into another land. You were not born there, but you will die there.

Because of this, Jehovah says: 'I am going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against Jehovah.'

Let death suddenly take them! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, for evil lives in their homes and within them.

They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.

All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

Why should I fast now that he is dead? Can I bring him back? Someday I will go to him. However he will not come back to me.

When they ask you where they should go, say to them: This is what Jehovah says: Those who are to die will die. Those who are to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are to die in captivity will die in captivity.

He will defeat Egypt. He will bring death to those who are supposed to die. He will capture those who are supposed to be captured. He will kill in battle those who are supposed to be killed in battle.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain that are at the point of death: for I have not found your works perfect (completed) before God.