Comfort The Dying

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Even 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.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. — read the full passage →

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,

For the Lord will not cast off forever. — read the full passage →

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break out into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

“I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

For the Lord will not cast off forever. — read the full passage →

For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”