36 Bible Verses about Sleep, And Death

You turn men back into dust and say: Return, O sons of men! In your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday, already past like an hour in the night. You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass.read more.
In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they fade and wither away.

Why not just pardon my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.

On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more! Just like water that disappears from the sea or a riverbed that becomes parched and dry, so men lie down and do not rise. Until the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

Look at me! Answer me, O Jehovah my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

He told them to leave: For the girl is not dead, but sleeps. They all scornfully laughed at him.

He entered and said: Why all the commotion and why do you weep. The child is not dead but sleeps.

They were all weeping and morning her. He said: Do not weep for she is not dead, but sleeps. They laughed him to scorn knowing that she was dead.

David died and was buried in David's City.

Jehovah said to Moses: You are about to lie down with your fathers in death. This people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land. They will plunge into the midst of it. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.

I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler.

He died and was buried in David's City. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.

Jeroboam ruled as king for twenty-two years. He died and was buried. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.

Baasha rested with his fathers. He was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.

Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City. His son Jehoram succeeded him as king.

Jehoash went to rest with his fathers. They buried him in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

Azariah slept with his fathers. He was buried with his fathers in the town of David. Jotham his son became king in his place.

Ahaz slept with his fathers. He was buried in the town of David. Hezekiah his son became king in his place.

Hezekiah slept in death with his ancestors. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers. He was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son became king in his place.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.

Then he told them: Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I go to wake him out of sleep. The disciples said, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he would recover. Jesus spoke of his death. They thought he spoke of taking rest in sleep.read more.
Then Jesus said plainly: Lazarus is dead!

He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Jehovah, do not charge this sin against them. After saying this he fell asleep in death.

More than five hundred brothers saw him at the same time after that. Most of them remain to this day, but some have fallen asleep [in death].

Do not wonder about this for the hour is coming when everyone in the grave will hear his voice. They will return. Those who did good will have the resurrection of life. Those who did evil will receive the resurrection of judgment.

If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me! If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my change (release) to come. You will call and I will answer you! You will long for the creature your hands have made.

I will see your face (be in your presence) when I am declared righteous. When I wake up, I will be satisfied to see (perceive) (comprehend) you.

But your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. You, who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

Those who have wisdom (insight) will shine like the brightness of the firmament. They turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died and was buried. He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who slept [in death].

I do not want you to be ignorant brothers, concerning those who are asleep (in death). You do not need to sorrow like others who have no hope. If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus. We tell you this by God's Word, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.read more.
For the Lord will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ will rise first. We that are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so will we ever be with the Lord. Comfort one another with these words.

I will make their officials and wise men drunk, along with their governors, officers, and soldiers. They will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up, proclaims the king, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause, then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay me in the dust.

The strong and valiant were plundered, they sank into sleep. None of the warriors could use his hands.

When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet and make them drunk, that they may become jubilant. Then they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up, declares Jehovah.