29 Bible Verses about Losing Someone

Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.

Yet, even as things are, I urge you not to lose courage, for there will not be a single life lost among you--only the ship.

Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.

He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

We do not wish you to remain in ignorance, Brothers, with regard to those who have passed to their rest, that your grief may not be like that of others, who have no hope.

Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;

What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?

But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ's sake, come to count as loss.

and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor will there be any more grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away.'

If any man's work is burnt up, he will suffer loss; though he himself will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire.

What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?

For to me life is Christ, and death is gain.

And his will is this--that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.

'Death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, O Death, is thy victory? Where, O Death, is thy sting?'

Be sure that he who brings a sinner back from his mistaken ways will save that man's soul from Death, and throw a veil over countless sins.

This was in fulfillment of his words-- 'Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.'

He who loves his life loses it; while he who hates his life in the present world shall preserve it for Immortal Life.

Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.

And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."

Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!

The last enemy to be overthrown is death;

Who consoles us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to console those who are in any trouble with the consolation that we ourselves receive from him.

Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

What think you? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them strays, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go and search for the one that is straying?

You, in the same way, are sorry now; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.

And I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal. But God had pity on him, and not on him only but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

What good is it to a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

And, if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to the Pit.