Sacred Concord

Bible on Death

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

Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Acts 28:18 · Bible · Acts
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23 · Bible · Romans
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2 Corinthians 2:15 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
2 Corinthians 7:10 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17 · Bible · 1 Timothy
And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Hebrews 7:8 · Bible · Hebrews
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 20:5 · Bible · Revelation
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Genesis 26:11 · Bible · Genesis
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Genesis 27:7 · Bible · Genesis
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis 27:10 · Bible · Genesis
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Genesis 45:28 · Bible · Genesis
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Exodus 22:2 · Bible · Exodus
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Leviticus 20:15 · Bible · Leviticus
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 34:5 · Bible · Deuteronomy
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Judges 12:7 · Bible · Judges
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Ruth 1:5 · Bible · Ruth
And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
1 Samuel 5:12 · Bible · 1 Samuel
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
2 Samuel 2:31 · Bible · 2 Samuel
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
1 Kings 2:25 · Bible · 1 Kings
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
1 Kings 14:12 · Bible · 1 Kings
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Job 5:26 · Bible · Job
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
Job 7:9 · Bible · Job
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job 10:19 · Bible · Job
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Psalms 73:27 · Bible · Psalms
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
Amos 9:10 · Bible · Amos
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
Matthew 22:31 · Bible · Matthew
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
Mark 14:55 · Bible · Mark
Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
John 11:16 · Bible · John
This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
John 21:14 · Bible · John
And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts 26:31 · Bible · Acts
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Romans 6:21 · Bible · Romans
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
1 Corinthians 11:26 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
2 Corinthians 1:10 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
2 Corinthians 5:14 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Hebrews 6:2 · Bible · Hebrews
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Genesis 35:8 · Bible · Genesis
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Genesis 42:20 · Bible · Genesis
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:39 · Bible · Leviticus
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:28 · Bible · Leviticus
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:21 · Bible · Leviticus
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 15:36 · Bible · Numbers
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Numbers 20:4 · Bible · Numbers
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Deuteronomy 34:7 · Bible · Deuteronomy
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
2 Kings 4:20 · Bible · 2 Kings
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 29:28 · Bible · 1 Chronicles
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job 3:3 · Bible · Job
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Job 3:11 · Bible · Job
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Job 14:14 · Bible · Job
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Job 29:13 · Bible · Job
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Psalms 55:15 · Bible · Psalms
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Psalms 78:50 · Bible · Psalms
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:28 · Bible · Ezekiel
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Ezekiel 18:32 · Bible · Ezekiel
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 28:10 · Bible · Ezekiel
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos 2:14 · Bible · Amos
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Matthew 18:14 · Bible · Matthew
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Matthew 26:35 · Bible · Matthew
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:28 · Bible · John
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
John 11:51 · Bible · John
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