55 Bible Verses about Dying
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For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
And there were four lepers set without the gate of Samaria. And they said each to his companion, "What sit we here until we die?
But of the tree of knowledge of good and bad see that thou eat not: For even the same day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely die.
And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cometh the judgment,
For Christ is to me life, and death is to me advantage.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead, which hereafter die in the Lord: Even so, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; but their works shall follow them.'"
as unknown, and yet known, as dying - and behold we yet live - as chastened and not killed,
Therefore shall the land be in a miserable cause, and all they that dwell therein, shall mourn. The beasts in the field, the fowls in the air, and the fishes in the sea shall die.
And we always bear in our bodies the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus might appear in our bodies.
And she answered, "As surely as the LORD thy God liveth, I have no bread, but even a handful of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse. And see, I have gathered a few sticks for to go and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it and then die."
right dear in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrata which now is called Bethlehem.
But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,
And that he might deliver them which, through fear of death, all their life time were in danger of bondage.
Then said I, "I will feed you no more! The thing that dieth, let it die: and that will perish, let it perish. And let the remnant eat, every one the flesh of his neighbour."
and that he died for all, because that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves: but unto him which died for them and rose again.
And all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.
neither are married, nor yet can die any more. For they are equal unto the angels: and are the sons of God, inasmuch as they are the children of the resurrection.
Not long afore this, was Hezekiah sick unto death: And the Prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came unto him, and said, "Thus commandeth the LORD, 'Set thine house in order: for thou must die, and shall not escape.
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And yet Jesus said not to him, he shall not die: but, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?"
Yet scarce will any man die for a righteous man. Peradventure for a good man durst a man die.
There is a time to be born, and a time to die. There is a time to plant, and a time to pluck up the thing, that is planted;
and the third part of the creatures which had life died, and the third part of ships were destroyed.
Behold, I show a mystery unto you: we shall not all sleep: but we shall all be changed,
Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn:
for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.
There shall never be child nor old man, that have not their full days. But when the child cometh to a hundred years old, it shall die. And if he that is a hundred years of age do wrong, he shall be cursed.
Wherefore I judged those that are dead, to be more happy than such as be alive.
Greater love than this hath no man, than that a man bestow his life for his friends.
Though we thought that we might come into the city, yet is the dearth so great in the city, that we shall there die. And if we tarry here, we are but dead also. Now therefore come, and let us flee to the Host of the Syrians. If they save our lives, we shall live; and if they kill us, then are we dead."
saying, "Master, Moses bade, if a man die having no children, that the brother marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty nine years, and then he died.
And he was in the stern asleep on a pillow. And they awoke him, and said to him, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?"
Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me; Yea though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And it shall come to pass, sayeth the LORD, that in all the land two parts shall be rooted out, but the third part shall remain therein.
For I desire not the death of a sinner, saith the Lord Jehovah, but rather that he should turn from his way, and live.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.
Nevertheless, if thou give warning unto the wicked: and he yet forsake not his ungodliness - Then shall he die in his own wickedness, but thou hast discharged thy soul.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die. But if ye mortify the deeds of the body, by the help of the spirit, ye shall live,
and no doubt he was sick, and that nigh unto death, but God had mercy on him: not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have had sorrow upon sorrow.
For this cause many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
nor yet consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that all the people perish."
From Thematic Bible
Dying » Compared to as sleep
After that, he was seen of more than five hundred brethren at once: of which many remain unto this day, and many are fallen asleep.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Behold, thou must sleep with thy fathers, and this people will go a whoring after strange gods of the land whither they go and will forsake me and break the covenant which I have made with them.
Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."
Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.
And he went in and said unto them, "Why make ye this ado and weep? The maiden is not dead, but sleepeth."
Dying » Universality of
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by the means of sin; And so death went over all men, insomuch that all men sinned.
Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.
For we must needs die, and perish as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again: and God will not take away the life, but find the means that the banished be not utterly expelled from him.
Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.
For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'
They shall die a horrible death: and no man shall mourn for them, nor bury them, but they shall lie as dung upon the earth. They shall perish through the sword, and hunger, and their bodies shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and beasts of the earth.
For I desire not the death of a sinner, saith the Lord Jehovah, but rather that he should turn from his way, and live.
But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.
Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.
Dying » Vanquished
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the old things are gone.
but is now declared openly by the appearing of our saviour Jesus Christ, which hath put away death, and hath brought life and immortality unto light through the gospel,
As for death, he shall utterly consume it. The LORD God shall wipe away the tears from all faces, and take away the rebuke of his people through the whole world. For the LORD himself hath said it.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
When this corruptible hath put on incorruptibility: and this mortal hath put on immortality: then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is consumed into victory."
Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead, which hereafter die in the Lord: Even so, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; but their works shall follow them.'"
Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain
For Christ is to me life, and death is to me advantage.
Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful
The ungodly is afraid of every peril; but the righteous hath a good hope even in death.
Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!"
Dying » Of the righteous » Precious
right dear in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in
Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant
And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell.
Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless
Yea, though 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 comfort me.
Topics on Dying
Dying In The Desert
Numbers 14:29Your carcasses shall lie in this wilderness, neither shall any of these numbers which were numbered from twenty years and above of you which have murmured against me
Dying In The Wilderness
Numbers 32:15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave the people in the wilderness: so shall ye destroy all this folk."
Dying With Christ
Romans 6:6This we must remember, that our old man is crucified with him also, that the body of sin might utterly be destroyed; that henceforth we should not be servants of sin.
Dying With The Uncircumcised
Ezekiel 28:10Die shalt thou, even as the uncircumcised in the hands of the enemies: for I myself have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God.'"