50 Bible Verses about Loss Of A Loved One

Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones.

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.

and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep continually for the one who goes away;
For he will never return
Or see his native land.

For there is no mention of You in death;
In Sheol who will give You thanks?

or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.

This woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on it.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

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

Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

For thus says the Lord, “Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “My lovingkindness and compassion.

For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

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

It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every man,
And the living takes it to heart.

‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

A good name is better than a good ointment,
And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

“For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

Then I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; and let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”

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

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live.”