20 Bible Verses about Universality Of Death

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

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

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 --

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble."

while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

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

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them."