Our Deceased Loved Ones

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

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

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

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

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

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.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — 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 to us-ward.

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

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

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.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — 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 will not return to me.

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

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. — read the full passage →

My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

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

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

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

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

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 fearful.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

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

Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord — read the full passage →

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

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

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

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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

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 →

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

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 →

He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

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

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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

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

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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

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

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

He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, eventhe lake of fire.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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

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

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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

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

O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

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

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep. — read the full passage →

Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

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

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

which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; — read the full passage →

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

For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Considerand answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.

Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.

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