John 12:24
I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains just one grain. But if it dies, it yields a great harvest.
1 Corinthians 15:36-38
You foolish man, the very seed you sow never comes to life without dying first;
John 12:32-33
and if I am lifted up from the ground, I will draw all men to myself."
Hebrews 2:9-10
but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being.
Revelation 7:9-17
After that I saw a great crowd which no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands,