55 Bible Verses about Dying

For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.

Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the [city’s] gate; and they said to one another, “Why should we sit here until we die?

but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience].”

And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,

For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity].

Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”

as unknown [to the world], yet well-known [by God and His people]; as dying, yet we live; as punished, yet not killed;

Therefore the land [continually] mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes [in tragic suffering]
Together with the animals of the open country and the birds of the heavens;
Even the fish of the sea disappear.

always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body.

I will not die, but live,
And declare the works and recount the illustrious acts of the Lord.

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar. See, I am gathering a few sticks so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it [as our last meal] and die.”

Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

and everyone who lives and believes in Me [as Savior] will never die. Do you believe this?”

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart;
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.

and [that He] might free all those who through [the haunting] fear of death were held in slavery throughout their lives.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him,

So I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let the survivors devour one another’s flesh.”

and He died for all, so that all those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised for their sake.

So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died.

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

and they cannot die again, because they are [immortal] like the angels (equal to, angel-like). And they are children of God, being participants in the resurrection.

In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “For the Lord says this, ‘Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.’”

So this word went out among the brothers that this disciple (John) was not going to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but only, “If I want him to stay alive until I come [again], what is that to you?”

Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man [one who is noble and selfless and worthy] someone might even dare to die.

A time to be born and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

and a third of the living creatures that were in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed],

Now this woman’s son died during the night, because she lay on him [and smothered him].

Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

“No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives only a few days,
Or an old man who does not finish his days;
For the youth who dies at the age of a hundred,
And the one who does not reach the age of a hundred
Will be thought of as accursed.

where their worm [that feeds on the dead] does not die, and the fire is not put out.

So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends.

If we say, ‘We will enter the city’—then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit still here, we will also die. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans (Syrians). If they let us live, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.”

saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his widow, and raise children for his brother.’

So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

But Jesus was in the stern, asleep [with His head] on the [sailor’s leather] cushion. And they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are about to die?”

Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies;

“It will come about in all the land,”
Declares the Lord,
“Two parts in it will be cut off and perish,
But the third will be left alive.

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” says the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn [away] from his [malevolent] acts and live?

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

However, if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he will die in his sin; but you have freed yourself [from responsibility].

for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.

who was betrayed and crucified because of our sins, and was raised [from the dead] because of our justification [our acquittal—absolving us of all sin before God].

He certainly was sick and close to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].

Nor do you understand that it is expedient and politically advantageous for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”