46 Bible Verses about Life After Death

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.

For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.

and everyone who lives and believes in Me [as Savior] will never die. Do you believe this?”

for a will and testament takes effect [only] at death, since it is never in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies;

In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death [but immortality—eternal life].

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

So physical death is [actively] at work in us, but [spiritual] life [is actively at work] in you.

“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.

And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,

The rest of the dead [the non-believers] did not come to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.

For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come.

For Christ died and lived again for this reason, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

‘If a man takes the life of any human being [unlawfully], he shall most certainly be put to death.

and [that He] might free all those who through [the haunting] fear of death were held in slavery throughout their lives.

So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died.

for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.

What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Then death and Hades [the realm of the dead] were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire [the eternal separation from God].

Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever];

On that day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and asked Him a question,

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death.

If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides].

Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured [to death], refusing to accept release [offered on the condition of denying their faith], so that they would be resurrected to a better life;

Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”

For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity].

“Listen closely, I have set before you today life and prosperity (good), and death and adversity (evil);

and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead).

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore, you shall choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.

A good name is better than precious perfume,
And the day of one’s death better than the day of one’s birth.

We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters. He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death.

So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on the third day according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],

For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].

and they cannot die again, because they are [immortal] like the angels (equal to, angel-like). And they are children of God, being participants in the resurrection.

For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again [as in fact He did], even so God [in this same way—by raising them from the dead] will bring with Him those [believers] who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

“And to this people you (Jeremiah) shall also say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him,