33 Bible Verses about Dying
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And since it is reserved for all mankind once to die, and afterwards to be judged;
And I heard a voice speaking from Heaven. It said, "Write as follows: "'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the Spirit, let them rest from their sorrowful labours; for what they have done goes with them.'"
as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, and yet we are not deprived of life;
always, wherever we go, carrying with us in our bodies the putting to death of Jesus, so that in our bodies it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.
and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?"
If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
and might set at liberty all those who through fear of death had been subject to lifelong slavery.
But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;
and that He died for all in order that the living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.
For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.
Hence the report spread among the brethren that that disciple would never die. Yet Jesus did not say, "He is not to die," but, "If I desire him to remain till I come, what concern is that of yours?"
Why, it is scarcely conceivable that any one would die for a simply just man, although for a good and lovable man perhaps some one, here and there, will have the courage even to lay down his life.
And a third part of the creatures that were in the sea--those that had life--died; and a third part of the ships were destroyed.
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.
"Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'
But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"
"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;
And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.
For if you so live, death is near; but if, through being under the sway of the spirit, you are putting your old bodily habits to death, you will live.
who was surrendered to death because of the offences we had committed, and was raised to life because of the acquittal secured for us.
For it is true that he has been ill, and was apparently at the point of death; but God had pity on him, and not only on him, but also on me, to save me from having sorrow upon sorrow.
That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.
You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."
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Dying » Compared to as sleep
Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.
He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead."
Dying » Universality of
What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'
Dying » Vanquished
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death shall be no more; nor sorrow, nor wail of woe, nor pain; for the first things have passed away."
but which has now been plainly revealed through the Appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus. He has put an end to death and has brought Life and Immortality to light through the Good News,
But when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable, and this mortality has put on immortality, then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
Dying » Of the righteous » Blessing pronounced upon
And I heard a voice speaking from Heaven. It said, "Write as follows: "'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the Spirit, let them rest from their sorrowful labours; for what they have done goes with them.'"
Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain
Dying » Of the righteous » Hopeful
Dying » Of the righteous » Faith illuminates
All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
Dying » Of the righteous » Precious
Dying » Of the righteous » Divine element in
If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Dying » Of the righteous » Triumphant
"But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.
Dying » Of the righteous » Fearless
Topics on Dying
Dying In The Wilderness
1 Corinthians 10:5But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.
Dying With Christ
Romans 6:6This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;