23 Bible Verses about Death Looms Near

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

"My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.

saying, "I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.

And they went and woke him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing."

And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him.

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one--I am talking like a madman--with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.

They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies."

And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. To Babylon you shall go, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely."

I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die.

Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the LORD.'"

Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.

they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."

And when they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD: "'Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity.'

He shall come and strike the land of Egypt, giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.

Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.