1 Thessalonians 4:13
But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you be not grieved, even as others who have no hope.
Ephesians 2:12
and that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you. I am Jehovah.
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 kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not lay this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Romans 1:13
But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you, and was kept back until the present; that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other nations.
Genesis 37:35
And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. You shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2 Samuel 12:19-20
But David saw that his servants whispered. And David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the boy dead? And they said, He is dead.
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said this, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
1 Kings 1:21
And it will be, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, my son Solomon and I shall be offenders.
1 Kings 2:10
And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Job 1:21
And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.
Job 19:25-27
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.
Ezekiel 37:11
And He said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried and our hope is lost; we are cut off by ourselves.
Matthew 27:52
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose,
Luke 8:52-53
And all were weeping and bewailing her. But He said, Do not weep; she has not died, but sleeps.
John 11:11-13
He said these things; and after that He said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go so that I may awaken him out of sleep.
John 11:24
Martha said to Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Acts 8:2
And devout men buried Stephen and made a great mourning over him.
Acts 13:36
For after he had served his own generation by the will of God, David fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
1 Corinthians 10:1
And, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you ignorant.
1 Corinthians 15:6
Afterward He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until this present day, but also some fell asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Then also those that fell asleep in Christ were lost.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For, brothers, we would not have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength; so much so that we despaired even of life.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are asleep.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, so that whether we watch or sleep we should live together with Him.
2 Peter 3:4
and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.
2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, let not this one thing be hidden from you, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.