21 Bible Verses about People Passing Away

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.

“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Thus says the Lord,
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.”

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”

My tent is destroyed,
And all my ropes are broken;
My sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is no one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.

For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people),

I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.

‘The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;
You have become terrified
And you will cease to be forever.’”’”

“Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar,
For all the people of Canaan will be silenced;
All who weigh out silver will be cut off.

“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.

Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and likewise many,
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no longer.

Let sinners be consumed from the earth
And let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
But the house of the righteous will stand.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

“Because just as you drank on My holy mountain,
All the nations will drink continually.
They will drink and swallow
And become as if they had never existed.