23 Bible Verses about Death Looms Near

For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.

to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

My spirit is broken.
My days are extinguished.
A graveyard awaits me.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;
You heard my voice.

So the disciples came and woke Him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”

They came and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to die!” Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. So they ceased, and there was a calm.

A centurion’s slave, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die.

because he had an only daughter about 12 years old, and she was at death’s door.

While He was going, the crowds were nearly crushing Him.

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.

He draws near to the Pit,
and his life to the executioners.

“Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”

As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon. There you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all your friends that you prophesied falsely to.’”

I will hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land, where neither of you were born, and there you will both die.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to send you off the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have spoken rebellion against the Lord.’”

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.

They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.”

If they ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ you must tell them: This is what the Lord says:

Those destined for death, to death;
those destined for the sword, to the sword.
Those destined for famine, to famine;
those destined for captivity, to captivity.

He will come and strike down the land of Egypt—those destined for death, to death; those destined for captivity, to captivity; and those destined for the sword, to the sword.

Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before My God.