48 Bible Verses about Losing Someone

Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

And now I urge you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life from among you, but only of the ship.

Blessed [are] the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.

And they will not break bread for [the] mourning ceremony for them, to comfort him because of [the] dead. And they will not give drink to them, [the] cup of desolation, for their fathers, or for their mothers.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.

"And take care not to practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them; {otherwise} you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?

{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ

Costly {in Yahweh's view} [is] the death of his faithful [ones].

You must not weep for [the] dead person, and you must not show sympathy for him. Weep bitterly for the one who goes away, for he will not return, or see the land of his birth again.

For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist [any] longer, and mourning or wailing or pain will not exist [any] longer. The former [things] have passed away."

If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

" 'If a man borrows from his neighbor and it is injured or dies [while] its owner is not with it, he will make restitution.

It happened on the seventh day that the child died, and the servants of David [were] afraid to tell him that the child [was] dead, for they said, "Look, when the child [was] alive, we spoke to him, but he would not listen to our voice. How can we tell him, 'The child [is] dead'? He may do [something] evil."

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor."

For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.

or he finds lost property and lies about it and swears {falsely} {in regard to} any one of these things by which {a person} might commit sin,

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting?

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.

The righteous [one] perishes, and there is no one who takes [it] to heart. And men of faithfulness [are] gathered, while there is no one who understands, for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness.

in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: "Those whom you have given to me--I have not lost anyone of them."

The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world preserves it for eternal life.

Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.

lest you give your honor to the others, and your years to the merciless,

And these two shall come to you [in] a moment, in one day: [the] loss of children and widowhood shall come on you {completely}, in spite of your many sorceries, in spite of the power of your great enchantments.

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."

And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

But he who misses me injures himself. All those who hate me love death."

[Those who] sat in darkness and gloom, prisoners of misery and iron--

He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds.

The last enemy to be abolished [is] death.

because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not [on] him only, but also [on] me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

"I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind [up] the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice."

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! For it is better for you that one of your limbs be destroyed than your whole body go into hell.

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

Let his days be few; let another take his office.