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, who said one to another, Why shall we stay here until we die?

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, but, behold, we live; as chastened, but not killed;

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the earth shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall be cut off, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; and even the fishes of the sea shall be caught.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As the LORD thy God lives, I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a cruse; and now I was gathering two sticks that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.

Genesis 35:19

Thus Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Zechariah 11:9

Then I said, I will not feed you any longer; the one that dies, let it die; and the one that is to be lost, let it be lost; and let the rest eat each one the flesh of another.

Isaiah 38:1

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

John 21:23

Then this saying went abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die; yet Jesus did not say unto him, He shall not die, but, If I will that he tarry until I come, what is that to thee?

Romans 5:7

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

Revelation 8:9

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

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall all indeed be raised, but we shall not all be changed;

Isaiah 65:20

There shall no longer be there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days, for the child shall die one hundred years old; and he who sins at one hundred years of age shall be accursed.

Mark 9:48

where their worm does not die, and the fire is never quenched.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

2 Kings 7:4

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we stay here, we shall die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

Matthew 22:24

saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

Genesis 5:27

and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.

Mark 4:38

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke him and said unto him, Master, dost thou not care that we perish?

Zechariah 13:8

And it shall come to pass that in all the land, said the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off in her and shall be lost; but the third shall be left therein.

Ezekiel 3:19

Yet 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.

John 11:50

nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation be lost.

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Dying » Compared to as sleep

1 Corinthians 15:6

after that, he appeared unto more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain unto now, but some are fallen asleep.

Deuteronomy 31:16

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people shall rise up and fornicate after the gods of the strangers of the land where they go when they shall be among them and will forsake me and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Job 7:21

And why dost thou not take away my rebellion and pass over my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust; and if thou shalt seek me in the morning, I shall not be found.

Mark 5:39

And when he was come in, he said unto them, Why make ye this ado and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleeps.

Dying » Universality of

Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death, and weapons are of no use in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

2 Samuel 14:14

For it is certain that we die and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person; yet he does devise means that his outcasts not be expelled from him.

Job 30:23

For I know that thou dost conduct me unto death and to the house appointed for all living.

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

Jeremiah 16:4

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.

Psalm 37:36

Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die because he did not submit to chastening; and due to the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Dying » Vanquished

Isaiah 25:8

He will destroy death forever; and the Lord GOD shall wipe away every tear from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people he shall take away from off all the earth: for the LORD has determined it.

1 Corinthians 15:54

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that is written, Death is 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 shall 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 last 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

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Dying In The Desert

Numbers 14:29

Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me;

Dying In The Wilderness

Numbers 32:15

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

Dying With The Uncircumcised

Ezekiel 28:10

Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken, said the Lord GOD.

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