48 Bible Verses about Losing Someone

Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.

"'Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more -- or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist."

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

"If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, "While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!"

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

But as for you, be strong and don't get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin --

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at 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 his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me."

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

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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

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

But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

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

In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him -- and not to him only, but also to me -- so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them -- with judgment!

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

May his days be few! May another take his job!