20 Bible Verses about Death Prevented

Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

When Mary came [to the place] where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

But some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the blind man’s eyes, have kept this man from dying?”

“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.

He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end.

You shall swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, so that we will not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil—to ask for a king for ourselves.”

“Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) will not stand;
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you will become its trampling ground.

and said, ‘Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you [the lives of] all those who are sailing with you.’

Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once [more], and pray and entreat the Lord your God, so that He will remove this [plague of] death from me.”

To rescue their lives from death
And keep them alive in famine.

To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;
See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,

For You have rescued my soul from death,
Yes, and my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of life.

For You have rescued my life from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling and falling.

But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.

Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!