11 Bible Verses about Death Of The Righteous

For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether then we live or die, we are the Lords.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they shall rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.

and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say; but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better;

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed,

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

For I am already about to be offered as a sacrifice, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me at that day, and not to me only, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

knowing that I must soon put off my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ declared to me.

and they stoned Stephen, making supplication, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit! And having said this, he expired.

For we know that, if our earthly tenthabitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens. For while in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven; since, indeed, when we have put off our present garment, we shall not be found naked.