Sacred Concord

Bible on Death

1,147 passages in the Bible address death, in the King James Version translation.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:12 · Bible · Revelation
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 33:11 · Bible · Ezekiel
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:8 · Bible · Jonah
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Genesis 3:4 · Bible · Genesis
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17 · Bible · Leviticus
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Numbers 25:9 · Bible · Numbers
And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
1 Kings 3:19 · Bible · 1 Kings
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Job 3:22 · Bible · Job
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Job 7:15 · Bible · Job
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Job 34:15 · Bible · Job
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs 5:5 · Bible · Proverbs
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Proverbs 21:28 · Bible · Proverbs
So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 28:17 · Bible · Jeremiah
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel 3:18 · Bible · Ezekiel
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Matthew 26:66 · Bible · Matthew
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:15 · Bible · John
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
John 4:49 · Bible · John
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Acts 7:15 · Bible · Acts
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
1 Corinthians 15:36 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21 · Bible · Philippians
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
1 John 5:17 · Bible · 1 John
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:16 · Bible · Leviticus
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
Deuteronomy 25:5 · Bible · Deuteronomy
And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
Genesis 36:38 · Bible · Genesis
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
Numbers 26:61 · Bible · Numbers
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Deuteronomy 33:6 · Bible · Deuteronomy
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Ruth 1:3 · Bible · Ruth
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Ruth 4:10 · Bible · Ruth
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
1 Samuel 14:45 · Bible · 1 Samuel
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel 22:6 · Bible · 2 Samuel
And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
1 Chronicles 2:30 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 12:2 · Bible · Job
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Job 28:22 · Bible · Job
So Job died, being old and full of days. The Book of Psalms
Job 42:17 · Bible · Job
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Psalms 18:5 · Bible · Psalms
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 33:19 · Bible · Psalms
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psalms 73:4 · Bible · Psalms
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Psalms 82:7 · Bible · Psalms
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms 88:11 · Bible · Psalms
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms 106:28 · Bible · Psalms
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms 115:17 · Bible · Psalms
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Psalms 116:15 · Bible · Psalms
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalms 118:17 · Bible · Psalms
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:4 · Bible · Proverbs
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke 13:3 · Bible · Luke
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke 13:5 · Bible · Luke
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 11:26 · Bible · John
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
John 12:10 · Bible · John
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Philippians 3:11 · Bible · Philippians
He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Hebrews 10:28 · Bible · Hebrews
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:8 · Bible · Revelation
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Joshua 10:11 · Bible · Joshua
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
2 Samuel 19:37 · Bible · 2 Samuel
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Genesis 35:19 · Bible · Genesis
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
Genesis 36:34 · Bible · Genesis
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
Genesis 36:37 · Bible · Genesis
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Numbers 16:48 · Bible · Numbers
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:11 · Bible · Numbers
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 3:11 · Bible · Judges
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
2 Samuel 3:33 · Bible · 2 Samuel
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