49 Bible Verses about losing a loved one

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but of the ship.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it to life eternal.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat, every one the flesh of another.

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn ye, and live.

And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest to me I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

And this is the Father's will who hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Yes doubtless, and I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be dung, that I may win Christ,

And then will many be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Or hath found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses's minister, saying,

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: Verily, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loseth one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she findeth it?

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our body.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.

Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

If any man's work shall be burned, he will suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen by them: otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how will he then be grieved, if we tell him that the child is dead?

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Now if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he loseth one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he findeth it?