53 Bible Verses about Death of
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For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification.
Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
And Hades and death were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
For the prudence of the flesh is death, but the prudence of the Spirit, life and peace,
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff shall comfort me.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and death shall be no more neither shall there be any more sorrow nor crying nor pain; for the former things are passed away.
And as it is appointed unto men to die once, and after this the judgment;
and he that lives and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen, and have the keys of Hades and of death.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, Jesus, has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead do not know any thing; neither do they have any more reward, for their memory is placed into oblivion.
and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
If a man shall join himself with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
He is not God of the dead, but God of the living; ye therefore do greatly err.
For we are buried with him by baptism into death, that just as the Christ was raised up from the dead to the glory of the Father, likewise we also walk in newness of life.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Therefore, in the manner which sin entered into the world by one man, and because of sin, death; and so death passed upon all men in the one in whom all sinned.
Thy dead shall live, and together with my body they shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the covering of light, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
And that he died for all that those who live should not live from now on unto themselves, but unto him who died and rose again for them.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity intervene the death of the testator.
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou dost eat of it thou shalt surely die.
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Abihu » Death of
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer and put fire therein and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had never commanded them. And there went out fire from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
balaam » Death of
And they also slew the kings of Midian among the rest of those that were slain: namely, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, five kings of Midian; they also slew Balaam, the son of Beor, with the sword.
Balaam also, the son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among those that were slain by them.
David » King of israel » Death of
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne;
Eli » Death of
And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God, Eli fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
Elisha » Death of
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! And Elisha said unto him, Take the bow and the arrows. And he took unto him the bow and the arrows. And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. read more.
And he said, Open the window towards the east. And when he opened it Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's salvation, and the arrow of salvation from Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, until thou have consumed them. And he said again, Take the arrows. And he took them. Then he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote three times, and stopped. Then the man of God was angry with him, and said, If thou would have smitten five or six times; then thou would have smitten Syria until thou had consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria three times. And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
gideon » Death of
And Gideon, the son of Joash, died in a good old age and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash, his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Hazael » Death of
And Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
Hophni » Death of
And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
And the messenger answered and said, Israel fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God was taken.
So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of the hosts, who dwells between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
Ishmael » Son of abraham » Death of
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; and Ishmael expired and died and was gathered unto his people. And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria; and he fell in the presence of all his brethren.
jacob » Death of
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed and expired and was gathered unto his people.
Jehoash » Also called joash » Death of
And Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his stead.
Jehoiada » High priest » Death of
And it came to pass after this that Joash desired to repair the house of the LORD. And he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and be diligent in this matter. However the Levites were not diligent. Therefore the king called for Jehoiada, the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem unto the tabernacle of the testimony the collection, according to the commandment of Moses, the slave of the LORD and of the congregation of Israel? read more.
For the wicked woman, Athaliah, and her sons had broken up the house of God, and they had also bestowed all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD upon Baalim. And at the king's commandment they made an ark and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the slave of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought in and cast into the ark until they had fulfilled their duty. Now it came to pass, that at what time the ark was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the ark and took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those that did the work of the service of the house of the LORD and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD and also those that wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. So the workmen wrought, and by their hands the work was done, and they restored the house of God and strengthened it. And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which they made vessels for the house of the LORD, vessels to minister and to offer with, and spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days when he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old when he died. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house.
Jehoram » King of judah » Death of
And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness; so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like they had done for his fathers. He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years and departed without being desired. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
And Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his stead.
Jehoshaphat » King of judah » Death of
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his stead.
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, his father, and Jehoram, his son, reigned in his stead.
Jehu » Son of nimshi, king of israel » Death of
And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz, his son, reigned in his stead.
Jeroboam » First king of israel after the revolt » Death of
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died.
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years, and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab, his son, reigned in his stead.
Jeroboam » King of israel » Death of
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and Zachariah, his son, reigned in his stead.
Job » A man who lived in uz » Death of
After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.
Joseph » Son of jacob » Death of
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons unto the third generation; the sons also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die; but God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. read more.
And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from here. So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.
Othniel » Death of
Rehoboam » Death of
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam, his son, reigned in his stead.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah, his son, reigned in his stead.
Saints » Death of » Glorified
Who shall transform our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is also able to subdue all things unto himself.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
and if sons, also heirs certainly of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together with him.
After this I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with long white robes and palms in their hands
And, behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in majesty and spoke of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Saints » Death of » They cannot be moved
Those that trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed but abides for ever.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, as the morning dawns.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me: because when he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Saints » Death of » Despised
But when Sanballat, the Horonite, and Tobiah, the slave, the Ammonite, and Geshem, the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?
And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Is this to be permitted them? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish on time? Will they resurrect the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which were burned?
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
He who invokes God and he answers him is mocked by his friend; the just and perfect man is laughed to scorn.
Saints » Death of » Fellowship of
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near and went together with them.
I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with him in the midst of us, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Then those that feared the LORD spoke one to another, and the LORD hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for those that feared the LORD and for those that think in his name.
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers.
Saints » Death of » Hated
Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you and when they shall separate you from their company and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil for the sake of the Son of man.
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hate you, that deny you for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified; but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Saints » Death of » The feet of
he who makes my feet like hinds' feet, and he who sets me upon my high places;
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace, that brings good tidings of good, that publishes saving health, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigns!
He brought me up also out of the pit of hopelessness, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and straightened my steps.
He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked perish in darkness, for no man shall prevail by their own strength.
Sennacherib » Death of
And it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, the corpses of the dead. So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch, his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, smote him with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his stead.
Then the angel of the LORD went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Solomon » Death of
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the books of Nathan, the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah, the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo, the seer against Jeroboam, the son of Nebat? And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David, his father; and Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his stead.
Tibni » Death of
Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni, the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni, the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
Uzziah » Called azariah » Death of
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the royal burial field, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham, his son, reigned in his stead.
So Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham, his son, reigned in his stead.
Wicked people » Death of
Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.
Because there is no restraint that would bring about their death, but their strength is firm.
The wicked » Death of
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth; and they shall be consumed by the sword and by famine; and their carcasses shall be food for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
Do I desire perchance the death of the wicked? said the Lord GOD, Shall he not live if he should leave his ways?
Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die because he did not submit to chastening; and due to the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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David, Death Of
1 Kings 2:10-12And David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
Death Of A Child
2 Samuel 12:18And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. And the slaves of David feared to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice; how much more will it trouble him if we tell him that the child is dead?
Death Of A Family Member
Luke 21:16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolk and friends, and some of you they shall cause to be put to death.
Death Of A Father
Mark 13:12Now the brother shall deliver the brother unto death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents and shall kill them.
Death Of A Loved One
Psalm 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones.
Death Of A Mother
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.
Death Of All Males
Exodus 1:16and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see the sex, if it is a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.
Death Of Creatures
Psalm 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.
Death Of God's People
1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as the others who have no hope.
Death Of Loved One
Psalm 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones.
Death Of Office Holders
Numbers 35:25And the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the kinsman avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he has fled, and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
Death Of Other Groups
Genesis 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the spirit of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Death Of The Firstborn
Exodus 4:23And I have said unto thee, Let my son go that he may serve me, but thou hast refused to let him go; therefore, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
Death Of The Righteous
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Death Of The Saints
1 Corinthians 15:18Then those also who are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
Death Of The Saints, Examples Of
Genesis 25:8Then Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Death Of The Saints, Results In
Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
Death Of The Wicked
Ezekiel 3:19Yet if thou warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Death Of The Wicked, Examples Of
Numbers 16:32the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their houses and all the men of Korah and all their goods.
Death Of Unnamed Individuals
John 8:52Then the Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keeps my word, he shall not taste death forever?
Mourning The Death Of Christ
Mark 16:10And she went and told those that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
Mourning The Death Of Others
Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
The Death Of Babies
2 Kings 4:32And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was laid dead upon his bed.