55 Bible Verses about Dying
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For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come .
and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion: and they awake him, and say unto him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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Dying » Compared to as sleep
then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
Dying » Universality of
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Dying » Vanquished
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon
And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Dying » Of the righteous » Precious
Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless
Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Topics on Dying
Dying In The Desert
Numbers 14:29your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,
Dying In The Wilderness
Numbers 32:15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.
Dying With Christ
Romans 6:6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
Dying With The Uncircumcised
Ezekiel 28:10Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.