30 Bible Verses about Burying places

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Deuteronomy 34:6

And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows where his burial place is to this day.

John 19:41

Now there was a garden at the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb [cut out of solid rock] in which no one had yet been laid.

2 Kings 21:26

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

1 Kings 13:31

Then after he had buried him, he said to his sons, “When I am dead, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

Genesis 23:19

After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised in spite of their evil and] soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility (vanity, emptiness).

2 Kings 9:28

Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the City of David.

Ezekiel 39:11

“And on that day I will give Gog a place for burial there in Israel, the valley of those who pass through east of the sea, and it will block the way of those who would pass through. So they will bury Gog there with all his hordes, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-gog (the multitude of Gog).

Jeremiah 7:32

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of the Slaughter, for [in bloody warfare] they will bury [the dead] in Topheth until there is no more room.

Hosea 9:6


For behold, they will go away because of devastation and destruction;
Egypt will gather them up, Memphis will bury them.
Weeds will take over their treasures of silver;
Thorns will grow in their tents.

Acts 8:2

Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned greatly over him [expressing a personal sense of loss].

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

Matthew 8:21

Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father (collect my inheritance).”

2 Samuel 3:32

They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall most certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed by God), so that you do not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

Jeremiah 19:11

and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “This is the way I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it cannot be mended. They will bury [corpses] in Topheth until there is no more room left [in that place] to bury [the dead].

Numbers 11:34

So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah (the graves of greediness), because there they buried the people who had been greedy [for more than the manna that God provided them].

Genesis 23:6

“Listen to us, my lord; you are a prince of God [a mighty prince] among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave or hinder you from burying your dead [wife].”

Genesis 23:9

so that he may give (sell) me the cave of Machpelah which he owns—it is at the end of his field; let him give it to me here in your presence for the full price as a burial site [which I may keep forever among you].”

Matthew 27:53

and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.

Matthew 27:33

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

Joshua 24:30

They buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

John 19:17

So they took Jesus, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

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Burial » Burying places » Closed with stones

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and he rolled a large stone over the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and made the tomb secure, and along with [stationing] a guard of soldiers [to be on watch] they set a seal on the stone.

John 11:38

So Jesus, again deeply moved within [to the point of anger], approached the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was lying against it [to cover the entrance].

John 20:1

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw the stone [already] removed from the [groove across the entrance of the] tomb.

Burial » Burying places » Family

Genesis 49:29

He charged them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 47:30

but when I lie down with my fathers [in death], you will carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place [at Hebron in the cave of Machpelah].” And Joseph said, “I will do as you have directed.”

Acts 7:16

and [from Egypt] their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In gardens

2 Kings 21:18

Manasseh slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon became king in his place.

2 Kings 21:26

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

John 19:41

Now there was a garden at the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb [cut out of solid rock] in which no one had yet been laid.

Burial » Burying places » Anyone who touched, were unclean

Isaiah 65:4


Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And their pots hold the broth of unclean meat;

Numbers 19:16

Also, anyone in the open field who touches one who has been killed with a sword or who has died [of natural causes], or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:18

A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the people who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one who was killed or the one who died [naturally] or the grave.

Burial » Burying places » On hills

Joshua 24:33

And Eleazar [the priest], the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah [on the hill] of Phinehas his son, which had been given to him in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent men and had the bones taken from the graves, and burned them on the altar and [thereby] desecrated it, in accordance with the word of the Lord which the man of God prophesied, who proclaimed these things [about this altar, naming Josiah before he was born].

Burial » Burying places » A place of honor

2 Chronicles 21:20

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret (sorrow). They buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 24:16

They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good [things] in Israel and toward God and His house.

2 Chronicles 24:25

When they left Joash (for they left him very ill), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

Burial » Burying places » Of kings

1 Kings 2:10

So David lay down with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the City of David.

2 Chronicles 32:33

So Hezekiah slept with his fathers [in death] and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the descendants of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.

Burial » Burying places » For poor and strangers

Jeremiah 26:23

And they brought Uriah [God’s spokesman] from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with a sword and threw his dead body among the graves of the common people.

Matthew 27:7

So after consultation they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In houses

1 Samuel 25:1

Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up [to the tabernacle] and struck and killed Joab, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness [of Judah].

Burial » Burying places » Painted and garnished

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

Matthew 23:29

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

Burial » Burying places » Bought by abraham

Genesis 25:9

So his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre,

Burial » Burying places » And inscriptions

2 Kings 23:17

Then Josiah said, “What is this monument (gravestone) that I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

Burial » Burying places » With shelves

Isaiah 14:15


“But [in fact] you will be brought down to Sheol,
To the remote recesses of the pit (the region of the dead).

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Asa

2 Chronicles 16:14

They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » King saul's

1 Samuel 31:13

They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted [as a sign of mourning and respect] for seven days.

Burial » Burying places » Marked with pillars, rachel's

Genesis 35:20

Jacob set a pillar (memorial, monument) on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Joseph

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and he rolled a large stone over the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Burial » Burying places » In valleys

Jeremiah 7:32

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of the Slaughter, for [in bloody warfare] they will bury [the dead] in Topheth until there is no more room.

Burial » Burying places » Sealed

Matthew 27:66

So they went and made the tomb secure, and along with [stationing] a guard of soldiers [to be on watch] they set a seal on the stone.

Burial » Burying places » Refused to the dead

Revelation 11:9

Those from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

Burial » Burying places » Demoniacs lived in

Matthew 8:28

When He arrived at the other side in the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming out of the tombs met Him. They were so extremely fierce and violent that no one could pass by that way.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » jacob

Genesis 50:5

‘My father made me swear [an oath], saying, “Hear me, I am about to die; bury me in my tomb which I prepared for myself in the land of Canaan.” So now let me go up [to Canaan], please, and bury my father; then I will return.’”

Burial » Burying places » Robbed

Jeremiah 8:1

“At that time,” says the Lord, “they [the Babylonian army] will bring out from their graves the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In caves

Genesis 23:9

so that he may give (sell) me the cave of Machpelah which he owns—it is at the end of his field; let him give it to me here in your presence for the full price as a burial site [which I may keep forever among you].”

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » Under trees, deborah's

Genesis 35:8

Now Deborah, [who once was] Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth (Oak of Weeping).

Burying places » Sepulchres

2 Chronicles 16:14

They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Deuteronomy 34:6

And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows where his burial place is to this day.

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and he rolled a large stone over the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Genesis 23:6

“Listen to us, my lord; you are a prince of God [a mighty prince] among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave or hinder you from burying your dead [wife].”

2 Kings 9:28

Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the City of David.

Burying places » Attachment to the burial places of the fathers

Genesis 49:29

He charged them and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 50:25

Then Joseph made the sons of Israel (Jacob) swear [an oath], saying, “God will surely visit you and take care of you [returning you to Canaan], and [when that happens] you shall carry my bones up from here.”

Nehemiah 2:3

and I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

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