55 Bible Verses about Dying
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And there were four leprous men at the entrance 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 of it thou shalt surely die.
And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: Verily, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works 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 in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, 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 may be made manifest in our body.
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a 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 whoever liveth, and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest thou this?
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to 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 life-time subject to bondage.
Now if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which 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 who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who 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 to the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
In those days was Hezekiah sick with a mortal disease. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
Then this saying went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, if I will that he shall tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perhaps 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 show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are 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 a hundred years old: but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who 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 to the army 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 shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to 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 boat, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Jesus said to 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 shalt warn the wicked, and he shall not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.
For indeed he was sick nigh to 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 by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some have fallen asleep.
And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people will rise up, and commit idolatry with 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 my 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 had come in, he saith to them, Why make ye this tumult, 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 to 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 by 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 carcasses shall be food 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: yes, 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 will 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 have passed away.
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior 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 will he remove from 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 to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: Verily, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works 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 to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to 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 angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried:
Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless
Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shades 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 carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who 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 he will destroy all this people.
Dying With Christ
Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may 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.