1 Thessalonians 4:13
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
Ephesians 2:12
that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Leviticus 19:28
You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake -- some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
Acts 7:60
Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he died.
Romans 1:13
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. "No," he said, "I will go to the grave mourning my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.
2 Samuel 12:19-20
When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants, "Is the child dead?" They replied, "Yes, he's dead."
2 Samuel 18:33
The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, "My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!"
1 Kings 1:21
If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals."
1 Kings 2:10
Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.
Job 1:21
He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"
Job 19:25-27
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
"Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'
Matthew 27:52
And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
Luke 8:52-53
Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, "Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep."
John 11:11-13
After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."
John 11:24
Martha said, "I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day."
Acts 8:2
Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
1 Corinthians 10:1
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
1 Corinthians 12:1
With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
1 Corinthians 15:6
Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
2 Peter 3:4
and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."
2 Peter 3:8
Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.