20 Bible Verses about Universality Of Death
Most Relevant Verses
We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished.
For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.
What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.
And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—
If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”
but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”
and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.
I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ—which is far better—
Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”