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Bible Verses About death and dying

16 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about death and dying. This collection of 16 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: John 14:1
King James (KJV)Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

16 Key Scriptures

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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 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.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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