1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
Ephesians 2:12
remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.
Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Acts 7:60
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Romans 1:13
I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
"You are the sons of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
2 Samuel 12:19-20
But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders."
1 Kings 2:10
Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
Job 1:21
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORDgave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
Job 19:25-27
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
"Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.'
Matthew 27:52
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
Luke 8:52-53
And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping."
John 11:11-13
After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him."
John 11:24
Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
1 Corinthians 10:1
For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
1 Corinthians 15:6
Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
2 Peter 3:4
They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation."
2 Peter 3:8
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.