49 Bible Verses about losing a loved one
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Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.
No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.
Now I urge you to take courage, because there will be no loss of any of your lives, but only of the ship.
Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.
Food won’t be provided for the mourner to comfort him because of the dead. A cup of consolation won’t be given him because of the loss of his father or mother.
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
The righteous one perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
faithful men are swept away,
with no one realizing
that the righteous one is swept away
from the presence of evil.
For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in force while the one who made it is living.
The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Do not weep for the dead;
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away,
for he will never return again
and see his native land.
Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives?
For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “So repent and live!
And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.
While I was with them,
I was protecting them by Your name
that You have given Me.
I guarded them and not one of them is lost,
except the son of destruction,
so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.
This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day.
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ
Then many will take offense, betray one another and hate one another.
For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection.
or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do—
Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had served Moses:
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.
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!”
“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off the chair by the city gate, and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel 40 years.
But as for you, be strong; don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward.”
If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; yet it will be like an escape through fire.
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, “Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.”
“I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?