49 Bible Verses about losing a loved one

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

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

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

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

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?