Dealing With Death

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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 →

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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 →

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.”

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow 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 →

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

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

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

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 →

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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 →

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.

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 →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Jesus wept.

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

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

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

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

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

“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. — read the full passage →

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

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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.

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

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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.”

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

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

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. — read the full passage →

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

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.

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

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 →

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

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

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.”

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 →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

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.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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 →

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

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

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

There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. — read the full passage →

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? — read the full passage →

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

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

He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

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

For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

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

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

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

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

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