Early Death

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. — read the full passage →

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. — read the full passage →

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. — read the full passage →

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. — read the full passage →

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Rejoice evermore. — read the full passage →

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

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

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. — read the full passage →

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. — read the full passage →

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

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. — read the full passage →

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: — read the full passage →

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; — read the full passage →

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. — read the full passage →

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: — read the full passage →

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: — read the full passage →

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. — read the full passage →

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →