17 Bible Verses about Death, Preparation For

"O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'"

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun. So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure.

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness. The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure.

Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;