17 Bible Verses about Death Of God's People

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest [of mankind] who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring with him.

For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, from henceforward: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may have rest from their labours; but their works follow after them.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:

For I am assured that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor those to come,

Thou fool! what thou sowest is not quickened except it die:

But Paul replied, Why do ye thus??eeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

For scarcely for a righteous person will any one die: though for a good man perhaps some one might even dare to die.

For no one of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself.

This he told him, to intimate by what kind of death he should glorify God. And having thus spoken, he said to him, Follow me.

knowing that the deposition of this frail tabernacle of mine is hastily approaching, as our Lord Jesus Christ hath made evident to me.

For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches.