To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.Luke 1:79 · Bible · Luke
Bible on Death
1,147 passages in the Bible address death, in the King James Version translation.
For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.Luke 8:42 · Bible · Luke
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.Luke 13:33 · Bible · Luke
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.Luke 16:31 · Bible · Luke
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:Luke 20:35 · Bible · Luke
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:Luke 24:46 · Bible · Luke
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.John 19:7 · Bible · John
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.Acts 8:20 · Bible · Acts
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;Romans 4:24 · Bible · Romans
But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.Romans 14:15 · Bible · Romans
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.1 Corinthians 1:18 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;1 Corinthians 15:3 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.2 Corinthians 7:3 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,Ephesians 1:20 · Bible · Ephesians
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.1 Thessalonians 1:10 · Bible · 1 Thessalonians
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.2 Thessalonians 2:10 · Bible · 2 Thessalonians
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.Genesis 30:1 · Bible · Genesis
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.Exodus 19:21 · Bible · Exodus
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.Exodus 21:14 · Bible · Exodus
And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.Leviticus 20:20 · Bible · Leviticus
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.Leviticus 22:9 · Bible · Leviticus
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.Numbers 15:35 · Bible · Numbers
And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.Numbers 20:26 · Bible · Numbers
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.Numbers 35:12 · Bible · Numbers
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.Judges 12:15 · Bible · Judges
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.2 Samuel 3:32 · Bible · 2 Samuel
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.2 Chronicles 32:24 · Bible · 2 Chronicles
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.Psalms 22:15 · Bible · Psalms
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.Psalms 30:3 · Bible · Psalms
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.Psalms 68:2 · Bible · Psalms
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.Isaiah 14:11 · Bible · Isaiah
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.Jeremiah 21:8 · Bible · Jeremiah
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.Jeremiah 22:26 · Bible · Jeremiah
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.Jeremiah 27:10 · Bible · Jeremiah
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:Jeremiah 34:4 · Bible · Jeremiah
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.Ezekiel 6:5 · Bible · Ezekiel
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.Ezekiel 24:18 · Bible · Ezekiel
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.Ezekiel 28:8 · Bible · Ezekiel
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;Ezekiel 33:14 · Bible · Ezekiel
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.Matthew 4:16 · Bible · Matthew
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.Matthew 26:52 · Bible · Matthew
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.Mark 12:25 · Bible · Mark
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.Mark 14:31 · Bible · Mark
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.Luke 5:37 · Bible · Luke
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.Luke 9:27 · Bible · Luke
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.Luke 20:36 · Bible · Luke
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?Luke 24:5 · Bible · Luke
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.John 3:16 · Bible · John
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.Acts 23:29 · Bible · Acts
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.Acts 24:15 · Bible · Acts
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?Romans 11:15 · Bible · Romans
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.2 Corinthians 4:10 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;2 Timothy 4:1 · Bible · 2 Timothy
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Revelation 1:18 · Bible · Revelation
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.Revelation 8:9 · Bible · Revelation
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.Genesis 23:2 · Bible · Genesis
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.Genesis 25:8 · Bible · Genesis
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.Genesis 25:18 · Bible · Genesis
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.Genesis 35:18 · Bible · Genesis
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.Deuteronomy 13:9 · Bible · Deuteronomy
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