8 Bible Verses about Early Death

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart;
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.

“His bones are full of youthful strength
But it lies down with him in the dust.

Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?

Do not be excessively or willfully wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”

They cry to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the streets of the city,
As their life [slips away and] is poured out
In their mothers’ arms.

“They die in youth,
And their life ends among the cult prostitutes.