19 Bible Verses about Death Of God's People

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

“Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
And let my end be like his!”

Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, “Follow Me!”

knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.