55 Bible Verses about Dying

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2 Kings 7:3

And four men, lepers, were at the gate entrance. And they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die?

2 Corinthians 6:9

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

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone who dwells in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens. Yes, the fish of the sea shall also be taken away.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, so that we may eat it and die.

Genesis 35:19

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

Zechariah 11:9

And I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off. And those left, let them eat, each woman her neighbor's flesh.

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, So says Jehovah, Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.

John 21:23

Then this saying went abroad among the brothers, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him, He shall not die, but, If I desire that he remain until I come, what is that to you?

Romans 5:7

For one will with difficulty die for a righteous one, yet perhaps one would even dare to die for a good one.

Revelation 8:9

And the third part of the creatures in the sea, those having souls, died; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed;

Isaiah 65:20

There will not be an infant, nor an old man that has not filled his days. For the child will die a hundred years old; but the sinner who is a hundred years old will be despised.

Mark 9:48

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

Ecclesiastes 4:2

And I commended the dead who already have died, more than the living who are living now.

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 still sit here, we also shall die. And now come and let us fall to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we shall live. And if they kill us, we shall only 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 to his brother.

Genesis 5:27

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

Zechariah 13:8

And it shall be in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left in it.

Ezekiel 3:19

Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

John 11:50

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

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Dying » Compared to as sleep

1 Corinthians 15:6

Afterward He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until this present day, but also some fell asleep.

Deuteronomy 31:16

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. And this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going, into their midst. And they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I made with them.

Job 7:21

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Mark 5:39

And going in He said to them, Why do you make a tumult and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeps.

Dying » Universality of

Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man who has power over the spirit to keep the spirit; nor power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; nor shall wickedness deliver its owners.

2 Samuel 14:14

For we must all die, and we are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take a life, but has devised plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.

Job 30:23

For I know that You will bring me to 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 from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 37:36

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die without instruction; 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 all faces. And He shall take away from all the earth the rebuke of His people. For Jehovah has spoken.

1 Corinthians 15:54

But when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and when this mortal shall put on immortality, then will take place 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 can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me 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

Topics on Dying

Dying In The Desert

Numbers 14:29

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and 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 you turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness. And you shall destroy all this people.

Dying With The Uncircumcised

Ezekiel 28:10

You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers. For I have spoken, says the Lord Jehovah.

Not Dying

Luke 2:26

And it happened to him, being instructed by the Holy Spirit, he was not to see death before he would see the Christ of the Lord.

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