30 Bible Verses about How Death Is Inevitable
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And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.
So I said, "I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another."
When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,
Now there were four men who were lepersat the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die?
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, to the world below, among the children of man, with those who go down to the pit.
Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Thus says the LORD, "Though they are at full strength and many, they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them."'"
For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land.
And David said, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.
No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live."
