30 Bible Verses about How Death Is Inevitable

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!'"

Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward -- and even the memory of them disappears.

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.

He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

"As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

I then said, "I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other's flesh!"

When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul's hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!"

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,

Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit.

If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed."

This is what the Lord says: "Even though they are powerful -- and what is more, even though their army is numerous -- nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

So now, send instructions to gather your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person or animal caught in the field and not brought into the house -- the hail will come down on them, and they will die!"'"

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.

David went on to say, "As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!"

So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live."