Bible Quotes About Death

“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. thou shalt surely: Heb. dying thou shalt die”

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

“And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast”

“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”

“And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.”

“And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:”

“For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.”

“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;”

“And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”

“Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.”

“And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.”

“And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:”

“And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

“And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.”

“And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.”

“And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.”

“And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.”

“But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. make: Heb. create a creature”

“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! me: Heb. my soul, or, my life”

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.”

“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. sleep: Heb. lie down”

“Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.”

“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”

“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.”

“And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.”

“And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, Pisgah: or, the hill”

“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”

“And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.”

“And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. shew: Heb. uncover mine ear”

“And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.”

“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.”

“Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.”

“And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

“For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,”

“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. weary: Heb. wearied in strength”

“There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.”

“The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.”

“Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.”

“Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! the thing: Heb. my expectation”

“Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? an appointed: or, a warfare”

“The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. I am: that is, I can live no longer”

“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”

“He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.”

“So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. life: Heb. bones”

“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”

“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.”

“My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary: or, cut off while I live”

“Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;”

“A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.”

“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”

“Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;”

“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.”

“Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;”

“Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.”

“But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? wasteth: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off”

“As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:”

“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”

“O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!”

“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.”

“The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. washest: Heb. overflowest”

“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”

“His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.”

“When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. a few: Heb. years of number”

“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”

“I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. said: Heb. cried, or, called”

“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”

“His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”

“He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He: Heb. They shall drive him”

“Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,”

“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? short: Heb. from near”

“He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.”

“His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.”

“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. in wealth: or, in mirth”

“How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. candle: or, lamp”

“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth”

“One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. his: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection”

“His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. breasts: or, milk pails”

“And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.”

“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.”

“Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. grave: Heb. graves remain: Heb. watch in the heap”

“The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.”

“The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.”

“They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. are gone: Heb. are not taken: Heb. closed up”

“For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?”

“The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.”

“Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.”

“The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.”

“For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. he: Heb. in fleeing he would flee”

“Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.”

“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”

“If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; man: Heb. him”

“All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”

“In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight , and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. the mighty: Heb. they shall take away the mighty”

“But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. perish: Heb. pass away”

“They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. They: Heb. Their soul dieth unclean: or, sodomites”

“Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. deliver: Heb. turn thee aside”

“Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.”

“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”

“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?”