1 Thessalonians 4:13
I do not want you to be ignorant brothers, concerning those who are asleep (in death). You do not need to sorrow like others who have no hope.
Ephesians 2:12
You were separate from Christ at that time, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel. You were strangers from the covenants of the promise. You had no hope and were without God in the world.
Leviticus 19:28
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Acts 7:60
He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them. After saying this he fell asleep in death.
Romans 1:13
I want you to know, brothers, that I was often determined to come to you, but was hindered until now, that I might have some fruit among you as well as the rest of the nations.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
2 Samuel 12:19-20
David saw that his servants were whispering to one another. He realized (discerned) that the child was dead. Is the child dead? David asked them. Yes, he is dead. They answered.
2 Samuel 18:33
The king was shaken by the news. He went to the room above the gate and cried. My son Absalom! He said. My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!
1 Kings 1:21
If you do not my son Solomon and I will be treated as traitors when you die.
1 Kings 2:10
David died and was buried in David's City.
Job 1:21
He said: I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!
Job 19:25-27
I know that my redeemer lives, and in later days he will take his stand on the earth.
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 am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow. You will, however, not mourn and you will not weep, and your tears will not come.
Ezekiel 37:11
Jehovah also said: Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say: Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.
Matthew 27:52
The tombs were split open and many [dead] bodies were tossed upright [on the ground].
Luke 8:52-53
They were all weeping and morning her. He said: Do not weep for she is not dead, but sleeps.
John 11:11-13
Then he told them: Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I go to wake him out of sleep.
John 11:24
Martha exclaimed: I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen and mourned him greatly.
Acts 13:36
After David served his own generation by doing the will of God he died and was buried with his fathers. His body decayed.
1 Corinthians 10:1
Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about how all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
1 Corinthians 12:1
Concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be without knowledge.
1 Corinthians 15:6
More than five hundred brothers saw him at the same time after that. Most of them remain to this day, but some have fallen asleep [in death].
1 Corinthians 15:18-19
Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
2 Corinthians 1:8
We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that began in Asia. We were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
We tell you this by God's Word, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us, that, whether we are awake in this life or sleep in death, we should live together with him.
2 Peter 3:4
Saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2 Peter 3:8
Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (Psalm 90:1, 4)