What the Bible says about death and dying

The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Eccl 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

John 14:1–3“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

Rom 14:8If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Ps 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

Ps 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

2 Cor 1:3–4Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

1 Thess 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain