55 Bible Verses about Dying
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And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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.
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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.
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
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.
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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.
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.
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
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?
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
From Thematic Bible
Dying » Compared to as sleep
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
Dying » Universality of
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
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?
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Dying » Vanquished
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon
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.
Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain
Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Dying » Of the righteous » Precious
Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Topics on Dying
Dying In The Desert
Numbers 14:29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Dying In The Wilderness
Numbers 32:15For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
Dying With Christ
Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Dying With The Uncircumcised
Ezekiel 28:10Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.