11 Bible Verses about Nearness Of Death

Faith caused Joseph, when his end was near, to speak of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions with regard to his bones.

But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'

To give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

And the disciples came and roused him. "Master," they cried, "save us; we are lost!"

So the disciples came and roused him. "Sir, Sir," they cried, "we are lost!" Jesus rose and rebuked the wind and the rushing waves, and they fell, and a calm followed.

A Captain in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill--almost at the point of death.

Because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus was going, the people were pressing closely round him.

When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

Are they 'Servants of Christ'? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death's door.

And I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal. But God had pity on him, and not on him only but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Be on the watch, and strengthen what still survives, though once it was all but dead; for I have not found your life perfect in the eyes of my God.