50 Bible Verses about Nearness Of Death

Isaac said: I am old. I do not know when I will die.

It is time for me to die. Every one of you knows in his heart and very being that Jehovah your God has given you all the good things he promised. Every promise he made has been kept; not one has failed.

It is my time to die. I go the way of all people of the earth. Be strong and be a man.

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.

Esau said: All right! I am about to die. What good are rights as firstborn to me?

Then Israel said to Joseph: I am about to die. God will be with you. He will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die. I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave.

When my father was about to die, he made me promise him that I would bury him in the tomb that he had prepared in the land of Canaan. Please, let me go and bury my father. Then I will come back.

Before Joseph died, he told his brothers: I will not live much longer. God will take care of you. He will lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him: Place your hand under my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt.

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, mentioned the departure of the children of Israel. Then he gave orders concerning his bones.

Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors in death.

Tell the king Jehovah says: 'You will not recover from your injuries. You will in fact die!' Elijah did as Jehovah commanded.

They answered: A man told us to come back and tell you that Jehovah says: 'Why are you sending messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel? You will not recover from your injuries. You will die!'

Elijah spoke to the king: This is what Jehovah says: 'Because you sent messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron acting as if there were no god in Israel to consult, you will not get well. You will die!

Hezekiah became ill and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz said to him: This is what Jehovah says: 'Give final instructions to your household. You will not recover. You will die.'

King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him. Isaiah said to him: Jehovah tells you: 'You are to put everything in order because you will not recover. Get ready to die.'

Then Jehovah said to Moses: Behold, the time for you to die is near. Call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him. So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

David was about to die. He called his son Solomon and gave him his last instructions:

Jehovah said to Moses: You are about to lie down with your fathers in death. This people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land. They will plunge into the midst of it. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.

I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler.

If you do not my son Solomon and I will be treated as traitors when you die.

You have shown total contempt for Jehovah by this affair. Therefore the son that is born to you must die.

Ahijah went on to say to Jeroboam's wife: Go back home. As soon as you enter the town, your son will die.

Elisha answered: Jehovah has revealed to me that he will die. However go to him and tell him that he will recover.

Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow. You will, however, not mourn and you will not weep, and your tears will not come.

But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'

I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.

The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.

My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. The grave is waiting for me.

He said: I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice.

And they came to him, woke him, and cried: Save us, Lord, or we will perish.

They awoke him saying: Master, Master, we parish! He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and there was calm.

A centurion's servant, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and at the point of death.

His twelve-year old daughter was dying. She was his only daughter. As he went the crowds surrounded him.

He heard that Jesus came from Judea into Galilee. He went to him and urged him to come see his son. His son was near death.

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death.

A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that when he lies down, he will not rise up again.

You, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity. You will enter Babylon, and there you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.'

I will throw you and your mother into another land. You were not born there, but you will die there.

Because of this, Jehovah says: 'I am going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against Jehovah.'

Let death suddenly take them! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, for evil lives in their homes and within them.

They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.

All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

Why should I fast now that he is dead? Can I bring him back? Someday I will go to him. However he will not come back to me.

When they ask you where they should go, say to them: This is what Jehovah says: Those who are to die will die. Those who are to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are to die in captivity will die in captivity.

He will defeat Egypt. He will bring death to those who are supposed to die. He will capture those who are supposed to be captured. He will kill in battle those who are supposed to be killed in battle.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain that are at the point of death: for I have not found your works perfect (completed) before God.