29 Bible Verses about Losing Someone

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

More than that, I count everything to be loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

But whatever was gain to me, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

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

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.

"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

This happened so that the words which he had spoken would be fulfilled, "Of those whom you gave me I have lost none."

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

While I was with them, I kept them in your name the name you gave me. I have guarded them, and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains in search of the one that went astray?

So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell.