48 Bible Verses about Losing Someone

Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

Now I urge you to take courage, because there will be no loss of any of your lives, but only of the ship.

Those who mourn are blessed,
for they will be comforted.

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.

Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives?

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

The death of His faithful ones
is valuable in the Lord’s sight.

Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.

What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Death will no longer exist;
grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer,
because the previous things have passed away.

If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; yet it will be like an escape through fire.

“When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution.

On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, “Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.”

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

But as for you, be strong; don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward.”

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do—

This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day.

Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.

The righteous one perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
faithful men are swept away,
with no one realizing
that the righteous one is swept away
from the presence of evil.

This was to fulfill the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Women received their dead—they were raised to life again. Some men were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection,

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;

These two things will happen to you
suddenly, in one day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will happen to you in their entirety,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the potency of your spells.

For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.

And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—I assure you: He will never lose his reward!”

Therefore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”

Others sat in darkness and gloom—
prisoners in cruel chains—

He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.

The last enemy to be abolished is death.

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.

He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

While I was with them,
I was protecting them by Your name
that You have given Me.
I guarded them and not one of them is lost,
except the son of destruction,
so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?

“I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell!

If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.