55 Bible Verses about Dying

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2 Kings 7:3

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?

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Hosea 4:3

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.

1 Kings 17:12

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.

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Zechariah 11:9

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.

Isaiah 38:1

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.

John 21:23

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?

Romans 5:7

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.

Revelation 8:9

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.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Isaiah 65:20

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.

Mark 9:48

where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

2 Kings 7:4

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.

Matthew 22:24

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Zechariah 13:8

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.

Ezekiel 3:19

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.

John 11:50

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

Deuteronomy 31:16

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.

Job 7:21

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.

Mark 5:39

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

Ecclesiastes 8:8

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.

2 Samuel 14:14

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.

Job 30:23

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked

Jeremiah 16:4

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.

Psalm 37:36

But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Dying » Vanquished

Isaiah 25:8

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.

1 Corinthians 15:54

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

Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain

Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful

Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates

Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired

Numbers 23:10

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

Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in

Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant

Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless

Topics on Dying

Dying In The Desert

Numbers 14:29

your 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 32:15

For 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 The Uncircumcised

Ezekiel 28:10

Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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