48 Bible Verses about Family Death

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

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.