Bible Verses About Death And Dying

"So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord."

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 ESV

"They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,"

2 Thessalonians 1:9 ESV

"And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades."

Revelation 1:18 ESV

"Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire."

Revelation 20:14 ESV

"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”"

Revelation 21:8 ESV

"For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten."

Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going."

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV

"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

Matthew 10:28 ESV

"“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

John 3:16 ESV

"Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,"

John 11:25 ESV