50 Bible Verses about Loss Of A Loved One

The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.

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

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."

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.

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

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

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?

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.

For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.

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.

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

"'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 no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

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

If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

This woman's child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.

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.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

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

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

The last enemy to be eliminated is death.

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.

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.

For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection.

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

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

"See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the Lord, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.

A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

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

After Moses the Lord's servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant:

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

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!'"

He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

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

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

I then said, "I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other's flesh!"

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --

For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live!