50 Bible Verses about Loss Of A Loved One

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

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

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.

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.

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

By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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?

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

Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established.

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.

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.

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.

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

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

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am not saying he should pray about that.

During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him.

Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

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.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

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,

The last enemy to be abolished is death.

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.

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.

because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.

For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection.

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

It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.

See now that I alone am He;
there is no God but Me.
I bring death and I give life;
I wound and I heal.
No one can rescue anyone from My hand.

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

So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.

After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had served Moses:

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

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

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.”

He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and He will deliver us. We have put our hope in Him that He will deliver us again

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

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

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.

For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.

For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “So repent and live!