48 Bible Verses about Family Death

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Matthew 22:24

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Deuteronomy 25:5

“When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

Job 3:21

who wait for death, but it does not come,
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

Jeremiah 8:3

Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

Genesis 35:29

He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

1 Chronicles 10:6

So Saul and his three sons died—his whole house died together.

Jeremiah 16:7

Food won’t be provided for the mourner to comfort him because of the dead. A cup of consolation won’t be given him because of the loss of his father or mother.

Exodus 11:5

and every firstborn male in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl who is behind the millstones, as well as every firstborn of the livestock.

Joshua 7:25

Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Today the Lord will trouble you!” So all Israel stoned them to death. They burned their bodies, threw stones on them,

Romans 6:10

For in light of the fact that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in light of the fact that He lives, He lives to God.

Mark 12:20

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

Judges 8:32

Then Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Exodus 12:23

When the Lord passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, He will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you.

Matthew 2:19

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and He will deliver us. We have put our hope in Him that He will deliver us again

Joshua 2:13

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”

Mark 12:21

The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

1 Samuel 31:6

So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.

Exodus 12:29

Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.

2 Kings 20:1

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

Deuteronomy 22:21

they will bring the woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from you.

Luke 16:28

because I have five brothers—to warn them, so they won’t also come to this place of torment.’

2 Timothy 2:8

Keep your attention on Jesus Christ as risen from the dead and descended from David. This is according to my gospel.

Romans 6:9

because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over Him.

Jeremiah 16:5

“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.

Psalm 41:5

My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

John 4:47

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

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