What Happens When You Die

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

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 many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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 must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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

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.

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

who will render to every man according to his works: — read the full passage →

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

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.

And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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.

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

And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

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

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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.

This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

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

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;

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

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,

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. — read the full passage →

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity. — read the full passage →

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

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.

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. — read the full passage →

The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. — read the full passage →

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

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

He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

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

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

Now on the firstdayof the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom. — read the full passage →

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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 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,

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

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.

Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

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.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

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.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

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

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

he foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

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

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

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

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 →

I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;

And as he was going forth into the way, there ran one to him, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

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

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 →

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

Jehovah hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations.