55 Bible Verses about Dying
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Four men who were suffering from a dreaded skin disease were outside the gates of Samaria. They said to each other: Why should we wait here until we die?
But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When you eat of it you will surely die.
Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Therefore the land will mourn. All the inhabitants are weak. The beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea will also perish.
We always carry in the body the death of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.
Then she said: By the life of Jehovah your God, I have nothing but a little meal, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.
Whoever lives and puts active faith in me will never die. Do you believe this?
For if we live, we live to God and if we die, we die to God. Therefore should we live or die, we are God's.
The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil.
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Then I said, 'I will not feed you! If you die go ahead and die. Let those that are left eat each other!
He died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for their sakes and rose again.
They cannot die anymore for they are equal to the angels. They are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him. Isaiah said to him: Jehovah tells you: 'You are to put everything in order because you will not recover. Get ready to die.'
This expression went among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus did not say that he should not die. He only said: If I will that he stay until I come, what is that to you?
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die. Perhaps for the good man some one would even dare to die.
There is a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted;
A third of the living creatures in the sea died. And a third of the ships were destroyed.
Behold, I show you a secret. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.
He will not take anything with him when he dies. Even his greatness cannot follow him.
Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years. He who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth. The sinner who reaches a hundred will be considered accursed.
(For the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. Questionable passage.)
I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
No man has greater love then this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
If we go into the city we will starve to death. If we stay here we will also die. So let us go to the Syrian camp. The worst they can do is kill us. Maybe they will spare our lives.
Teacher, Moses said if a man dies having no children, his brother should marry his wife, and bring up seed for his brother.
Altogether, Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died.
He was in back of the boat sleeping on a cushion. They woke him. They said: Master is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?
Jesus said: I am the resurrection and the life. He who puts active faith in me will live, even if he dies.
It will happen in all the land, said Jehovah, two parts will be cut off and die; but the third will be left.
Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Jehovah, that he should turn from his ways and live?
Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them.
When you warn the wicked man, and he does not turn from his wicked way; he will die because of his sin, but you will save yourself.
for if you live according to flesh, you are about to die. If by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification (acquittal).
Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
You do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people. That way the whole nation will not perish.
From Thematic Bible
Dying » Compared to as sleep
More than five hundred brothers saw him at the same time after that. Most of them remain to this day, but some have fallen asleep [in death].
Jehovah said to Moses: You are about to lie down with your fathers in death. This people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land. They will plunge into the midst of it. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.
Why not just pardon my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
He entered and said: Why all the commotion and why do you weep. The child is not dead but sleeps.
Dying » Universality of
Therefore, through one-man sin entered into the world, and death through sin. So death passed to all men, for all have sinned.
No man has the power to restrain the wind, to retain the breath of life. Neither does he have power in the day of death. There is no discharge from that war. Neither will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God does not take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.
Yes, I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'
They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Jehovah, that he should turn from his ways and live?
Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more. I searched for him, but he could not be found.
He dies without instruction. He goes astray because of his foolishness.
Dying » Vanquished
God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death. There will be no more sorrow nor crying. There will be no more pain! The former things have passed away.
The appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus revealed this. Jesus abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the good news.
He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. He will take away the disgrace of His people from the earth. Jehovah has spoken!
When this corruptible shall be clothed with (Greek: enduo: dressed, put on) incorruption, and this mortal shall be clothed with immortality, then the saying will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory.
Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon
Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.
Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain
Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar. They confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.'
Dying » Of the righteous » Precious
Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in
For if we live, we live to God and if we die, we die to God. Therefore should we live or die, we are God's.
Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died and was buried.
Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
Topics on Dying
Dying In The Desert
Numbers 14:29Your bodies will drop dead in this desert. All of you who are at least twenty years old, who were registered and listed, and who complained about me will die.
Dying In The Wilderness
Numbers 32:15If you turn away from him he will abandon all these people in the desert. You would be responsible for their destruction.
Dying With Christ
Romans 6:6We know this that our old self was impaled with him that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin.
Dying With The Uncircumcised
Ezekiel 28:10You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person.' I have spoken, declares Jehovah.