1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.
Leviticus 19:28
"You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the LORD.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken some to life everlasting, and some to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
Acts 7:60
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" After he had said this, he died.
Romans 1:13
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters showed up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He kept saying, "Leave me alone! I'll go down to the next world, still mourning for my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
"You are children of the LORD your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of the dead,
2 Samuel 12:19-20
But as David observed his staff whispering together, he perceived that the child had died, so he asked his staff, "Is the child dead?" They replied, "He has died."
2 Samuel 18:33
Deeply shaken, the king went up to the chamber overlooking the city gate, weeping bitterly and crying out as he went along, "My son Absalom! My son! My son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom my son, my son!"
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, as soon as your majesty is laid to rest with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be branded as traitors."
1 Kings 2:10
After this, David died, as had his ancestors, and he was buried in the City of David.
Job 1:21
and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."
Job 19:25-27
"As for me, I know that my Vindicator is alive; And he, the Last One, will take his stand on the soil.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
"Son of Man, pay attention! I'm about to take away your most precious treasure with a single, fatal stroke, but you are not to mourn, weep, nor even let tears well up in your eyes.
Ezekiel 37:11
"These bones represent the entire house of Israel," the LORD explained to me. "Look how they keep saying, "Our bones are dried up, and our future is lost. We've been completely eliminated!'
Matthew 27:52
tombs were opened, and many saints who had died were brought back to life.
Luke 8:52-53
Now everyone was crying and wailing for her. But Jesus said, "Stop crying! She's not dead. She's sleeping."
John 11:11-13
These were the things he said. Then after this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm leaving to wake him up."
John 11:24
Martha told him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen as they mourned loudly for him.
Acts 13:36
Now David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died and was buried with his ancestors, and so he experienced decay.
1 Corinthians 10:1
Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the fact that all of our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud. They all went through the sea,
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant.
1 Corinthians 15:6
After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Yes, even those who have died believing in the Messiah are lost.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For we declare to you what the Lord has told us to say: We who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us in order that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
2 Peter 3:4
by saying, "What happened to the Messiah's promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of creation."
2 Peter 3:8
Don't forget this fact, dear friends: With the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.