11 Bible Verses about Death Of The Righteous

If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, For their deeds do follow them."

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. But now, if life in the flesh, if this be the fruit of my toil??hat to choose I do not know, but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,

"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.

I for my part am a libation already being poured in sacrifice; and the time of my unmooring is at hand. I have fought in the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.

So they stoned Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.

For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered, I shall not be found naked.