1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
Ephesians 2:12
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the 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 tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD.
Daniel 12:2
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
He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Romans 1:13
Now I do not desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even 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. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2 Samuel 12:19-20
But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
2 Samuel 18:33
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, "My son Absalom. My son, my son Absalom. I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son."
1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals."
1 Kings 2:10
David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.
Job 1:21
He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."
Job 19:25-27
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
Ezekiel 24:16-18
"Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither 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 completely cut off.'
Matthew 27:52
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Luke 8:52-53
All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Do not weep. She is not dead, but sleeping."
John 11:11-13
He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."
John 11:24
Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was placed with his fathers, and saw decay.
1 Corinthians 10:1
Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
1 Corinthians 15:6
After that he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
2 Peter 3:4
and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
2 Peter 3:8
But do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.