53 Bible Verses about Death of

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1 John 5:17

All unrighteousness is sin, but there is a sin not unto death.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead do not know any thing; neither do they have any more reward, for their memory is placed into oblivion.

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Abihu » Death of

Leviticus 10:1-2

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer and put fire therein and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had never commanded them. And there went out fire from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Numbers 26:61

And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

balaam » Death of

Numbers 31:8

And they also slew the kings of Midian among the rest of those that were slain: namely, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, five kings of Midian; they also slew Balaam, the son of Beor, with the sword.

Joshua 13:22

Balaam also, the son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among those that were slain by them.

David » King of israel » Death of

1 Chronicles 29:28

And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

Acts 2:29-30

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne;

Eli » Death of

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God, Eli fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Elisha » Death of

2 Kings 13:14-20

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! And Elisha said unto him, Take the bow and the arrows. And he took unto him the bow and the arrows. And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. read more.
And he said, Open the window towards the east. And when he opened it Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's salvation, and the arrow of salvation from Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, until thou have consumed them. And he said again, Take the arrows. And he took them. Then he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote three times, and stopped. Then the man of God was angry with him, and said, If thou would have smitten five or six times; then thou would have smitten Syria until thou had consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria three times. And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

gideon » Death of

Judges 8:32

And Gideon, the son of Joash, died in a good old age and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash, his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Hazael » Death of

2 Kings 13:24

And Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.

Hophni » Death of

1 Samuel 4:11

And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

1 Samuel 4:17

And the messenger answered and said, Israel fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God was taken.

1 Samuel 4:4

So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of the hosts, who dwells between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

Ishmael » Son of abraham » Death of

Genesis 25:17-18

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; and Ishmael expired and died and was gathered unto his people. And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria; and he fell in the presence of all his brethren.

jacob » Death of

Genesis 49:33

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed and expired and was gathered unto his people.

Jehoash » Also called joash » Death of

2 Kings 13:13

And Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 14:16

And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his stead.

Jehoiada » High priest » Death of

2 Chronicles 24:4-16

And it came to pass after this that Joash desired to repair the house of the LORD. And he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and be diligent in this matter. However the Levites were not diligent. Therefore the king called for Jehoiada, the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem unto the tabernacle of the testimony the collection, according to the commandment of Moses, the slave of the LORD and of the congregation of Israel? read more.
For the wicked woman, Athaliah, and her sons had broken up the house of God, and they had also bestowed all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD upon Baalim. And at the king's commandment they made an ark and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the slave of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought in and cast into the ark until they had fulfilled their duty. Now it came to pass, that at what time the ark was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the ark and took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those that did the work of the service of the house of the LORD and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD and also those that wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. So the workmen wrought, and by their hands the work was done, and they restored the house of God and strengthened it. And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which they made vessels for the house of the LORD, vessels to minister and to offer with, and spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days when he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old when he died. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house.

Jehoram » King of judah » Death of

2 Chronicles 21:18-20

And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness; so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like they had done for his fathers. He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years and departed without being desired. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

2 Kings 8:24

And Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his stead.

Jehoshaphat » King of judah » Death of

2 Chronicles 21:1

Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 22:50

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, his father, and Jehoram, his son, reigned in his stead.

Jehu » Son of nimshi, king of israel » Death of

2 Kings 10:35

And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz, his son, reigned in his stead.

Jeroboam » First king of israel after the revolt » Death of

2 Chronicles 13:20

Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died.

1 Kings 14:20

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years, and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab, his son, reigned in his stead.

Jeroboam » King of israel » Death of

2 Kings 14:29

And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and Zachariah, his son, reigned in his stead.

Job » A man who lived in uz » Death of

Job 42:16-17

After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.

Joseph » Son of jacob » Death of

Genesis 50:22-26

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons unto the third generation; the sons also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. read more.
And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from here. So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.

Othniel » Death of

Judges 3:11

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.

Rehoboam » Death of

1 Kings 14:31

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 12:16

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah, his son, reigned in his stead.

Saints » Death of » Glorified

Philippians 3:21

Who shall transform our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is also able to subdue all things unto himself.

Revelation 7:9

After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands

Luke 9:30-31

And, behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in majesty and spoke of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

Saints » Death of » They cannot be moved

Psalm 15:5

He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

Saints » Death of » Despised

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat, the Horonite, and Tobiah, the slave, the Ammonite, and Geshem, the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?

Nehemiah 4:2

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Is this to be permitted them? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish on time? Will they resurrect the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which were burned?

Psalm 119:141

I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts.

2 Samuel 6:16

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

Job 12:4

He who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect man is laughed to scorn.

Saints » Death of » Fellowship of

Luke 24:15

And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near and went together with them.

Malachi 3:16

Then those that feared the LORD spoke one to another, and the LORD hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for those that feared the LORD and for those that think in his name.

Saints » Death of » Hated

Luke 6:22

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you and when they shall separate you from their company and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil for the sake of the Son of man.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hate you, that deny you for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified; but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

More verses: Luke 21:17 1 John 3:13

Saints » Death of » The feet of

2 Samuel 22:34

he who makes my feet like hinds' feet, and he who sets me upon my high places;

1 Samuel 2:9

He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked perish in darkness, for no man shall prevail by their own strength.

Sennacherib » Death of

2 Kings 19:35-37

And it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, the corpses of the dead. So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch, his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, smote him with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 37:36-38

Then the angel of the LORD went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Solomon » Death of

2 Chronicles 9:29-31

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the books of Nathan, the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah, the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo, the seer against Jeroboam, the son of Nebat? And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David, his father; and Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his stead.

Tibni » Death of

1 Kings 16:21-22

Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni, the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni, the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

Uzziah » Called azariah » Death of

2 Chronicles 26:23

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the royal burial field, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 15:7

So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham, his son, reigned in his stead.

Wicked people » Death of

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.

Psalm 73:4

Because there is no restraint that would bring about their death, but their strength is firm.

The wicked » Death of

Jeremiah 16:4

They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth; and they shall be consumed by the sword and by famine; and their carcasses shall be food for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 37:36

Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die because he did not submit to chastening; and due to the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Topics on Death of

David, Death Of

1 Kings 2:10-12

And David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

Death Of A Child

2 Samuel 12:18

And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. And the slaves of David feared to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice; how much more will it trouble him if we tell him that the child is dead?

Death Of All Males

Exodus 1:16

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see the sex, if it is a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

Death Of Creatures

Psalm 104:29

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.

Death Of Office Holders

Numbers 35:25

And the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the kinsman avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he has fled, and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Death Of The Firstborn

Exodus 4:23

And I have said unto thee, Let my son go that he may serve me, but thou hast refused to let him go; therefore, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Death Of The Saints, Examples Of

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Death Of The Wicked

Ezekiel 3:19

Yet if thou warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Death Of The Wicked, Examples Of

Numbers 16:32

the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their houses and all the men of Korah and all their goods.

Death Of Unnamed Individuals

John 8:52

Then the Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keeps my word, he shall not taste death forever?

Mourning The Death Of Christ

Mark 16:10

And she went and told those that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Mourning The Death Of Others

Genesis 23:2

And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

The Death Of Babies

2 Kings 4:32

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was laid dead upon his bed.

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