55 Bible Verses about Dying

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2 Kings 7:3

And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death;

Hosea 4:3

For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Zechariah 11:9

And I said, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which perisheth let it perish; and let them which are left eat every one the flesh of another.

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

John 21:23

This word therefore went out among the brethren, That disciple does not die. And Jesus did not say to him, He does not die; but, If I will that he abide until I come, what is that to thee?

Romans 5:7

For scarcely for the just man will one die, for perhaps for the good man some one might also dare to die;

Revelation 8:9

and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea which had life died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

Isaiah 65:20

There shall be no more thenceforth an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not completed his days; for the youth shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Mark 9:48

where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

2 Kings 7:4

If we say, Let us enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we abide here, we shall die. And now come, let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die.

Matthew 22:24

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

Zechariah 13:8

And it shall come to pass in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

Ezekiel 3:19

But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

1 Corinthians 11:30

On this account many among you are weak and infirm, and a good many are fallen asleep.

John 11:50

nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.

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Dying » Compared to as sleep

Deuteronomy 31:16

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land into which they enter, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Job 7:21

And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

Mark 5:39

And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.

Dying » Universality of

Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

2 Samuel 14:14

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.

Job 30:23

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.

Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked

Jeremiah 16:4

They shall die of painful deaths; they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground, and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine, and their carcases shall be food for the fowl of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 37:36

but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Dying » Vanquished

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death in victory. And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken.

1 Corinthians 15:54

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon

Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain

Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful

Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates

Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

Dying » Of the righteous » Precious

Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in

Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant

Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless

Topics on Dying

Dying In The Desert

Numbers 14:29

In this wilderness shall your carcases fall; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number from twenty years old and upwards, who have murmured against me,

Dying In The Wilderness

Numbers 32:15

If ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Dying With The Uncircumcised

Ezekiel 28:10

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Not Dying

Luke 2:26

And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

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