49 Bible Verses about Death Of A Family Member
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But you will be betrayed and handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his widow, and raise children for his brother.’
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.
Who wait for death, but it does not come,
And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,
For the death that He died, He died to sin [ending its power and paying the sinner’s debt] once and for all; and the life that He lives, He lives to [glorify] God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].
Now this woman’s son died during the night, because she lay on him [and smothered him].
“If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall be intimate with her after taking her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
“Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put death.
What man can live and not see death?
Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.
Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
Instead, you shall most certainly execute him; your hand shall be first [to be raised] against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “For the Lord says this, ‘Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.’”
So Saul died with his three sons and all those of his house died together.
Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
He shall not eat that which dies [of natural causes] or is torn by a predator, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the [city] gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
The blood avenger shall himself put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death.
People will not offer food to the mourners, to comfort anyone [as they grieve] for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.
for I have five brothers—in order that he may solemnly warn them and witness to them, so that they too will not come to this place of torment.’
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he will pray and ask [on the believer’s behalf] and God will for him give life to those whose sin is not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for this [kind of sin].
and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].
and He died for all, so that all those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised for their sake.
‘If a man takes the life of any human being [unlawfully], he shall most certainly be put to death.
He rescued us from so great a threat of death, and will continue to rescue us. On Him we have set our hope. And He will again rescue us [from danger and draw us near],
“The fathers shall not be put to death for [the sins of] their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; [only] for his own sin shall anyone be put to death.
For if we have become one with Him [permanently united] in the likeness of His death, we will also certainly be [one with Him and share fully] in the likeness of His resurrection.
otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the offender in the heat of anger, and overtake him, because it is a long way, and take his life, even though he did not deserve to die, since he did not hate his neighbor beforehand.
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:
‘No one shall defile himself [that is, become ceremonially unclean] for the dead among his people [by touching a corpse or assisting in preparing it for burial],
and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, along with everyone who belongs to them, and let us all live.”
It is better to go to the house of mourning
Than to go to the house of feasting,
For that [day of death] is the end of every man,
And the living will take it to heart and solemnly ponder its meaning.
So they served it for the men to eat. But as they ate the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” And they could not eat it.
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;
A good name is better than precious perfume,
And the day of one’s death better than the day of one’s birth.
“Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, must be put to death.
But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me [believing in Me as Master and Teacher], and allow the [spiritually] dead to bury their own dead.”
The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation.
But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant (attendant), saying,
Isaac’s spirit departed and he died and was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death], an old man full of days (satisfied, fulfilled); his sons Esau and Jacob buried him [in the cave of Machpelah with his parents Abraham and Sarah].
