55 Bible Verses about Dying

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2 Kings 7:3

Now there happened to be four lepers who were at that very moment at the entrance to the city gate. As they were talking with one another, they said, "Why are we sitting here waiting to die?

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet as you see very much alive, as punished and yet not killed,

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear.

1 Kings 17:12

"As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die."

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrathah, also known as Bethlehem.

Zechariah 11:9

So I said, "I will no longer be your shepherd. Let those who are about to die perish, and let what is about to be destroyed be destroyed. As for the survivors, let them devour each other."

Isaiah 38:1

During that time, Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. Then Amoz's son Isaiah the prophet came to him and told him, "This is what the LORD says: "Put your house in order, because you are going to die. You won't recover.'"

John 21:23

So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to Peter that he wasn't going to die, but, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you?"

Romans 5:7

For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

Revelation 8:9

one-third of the creatures that were living in the sea died, and one-third of the ships was destroyed.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed

Isaiah 65:20

"And there will no longer be in it a young boy who lives only a few days, or an old person who does not live out his days; for one who dies at a hundred years will be thought a mere youth, and one who falls short of a hundred years will be considered accursed.

Mark 9:48

In that place, worms never die, and the fire is never put out.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.

2 Kings 7:4

If we tell ourselves, "Let's remain in the city,' we'll die there since there's famine in the city. But if we sit here, we'll die, too. So let's go over to the Arameans! If they spare our lives, we'll live, and if they kill us"we're dying anyway!"

Mark 4:38

But Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"

Zechariah 13:8

It will come about in all of the land," declares the LORD, "that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.

Ezekiel 3:19

If you warn the wicked person, and he doesn't repent of his wickedness or of his wicked behavior, he'll die in his sin, but you will have saved your own life.

1 Corinthians 11:30

That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.

John 11:50

You don't realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."

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Dying » Compared to as sleep

Deuteronomy 31:16

Then the LORD told Moses, "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.

Job 7:21

Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!"

Mark 5:39

He entered the house and asked them, "Why all this confusion and crying? The child isn't dead. She's sleeping."

Dying » Universality of

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Just as no human being has control over the wind to restrain it, so also no human being has control over the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged during war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

2 Samuel 14:14

After all, even though we all die, and we're all like water being spilled on the ground that cannot be recovered, nevertheless God doesn't take away life, but carries out his plans so as not to cast away permanently from him those who are presently estranged.

Job 30:23

I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."

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

Jeremiah 16:4

"They'll die of deadly diseases. People won't mourn for them, nor will they be buried. They'll be dung on the surface of the ground, and they'll come to an end with the sword and with famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the land."

Psalm 37:36

But then he passed away; in fact, he simply was not there. When I looked for him, he could not be found.

Proverbs 5:23

He will die for lack of discipline, and he goes astray because of his great folly.

Dying » Vanquished

Isaiah 25:8

he has swallowed up death forever! Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth." for the LORD has spoken.

1 Corinthians 15:54

Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"

Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon

Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain

Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.

Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates

Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob? Who can number the dust of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may I end up like him."

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 corpses will fall in this wilderness every single one of you who has been counted among you, according to your number from 20 years and above, who complained against me.

Dying In The Wilderness

Numbers 32:15

If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You'll end up destroying this entire people."

Dying With The Uncircumcised

Ezekiel 28:10

You will die a death fit for the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners." "for I have said it will be so,' declares the LORD."

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