19 Bible Verses about Death Of God's People

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living -- who do remain over to the presence of the Lord -- may not precede those asleep,

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints.

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, 'Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' 'Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'

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

for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,

unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, 'Be following me.'

having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,

for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;