What Happens When You Die

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. — read the full passage →

Many of those who 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 will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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

“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.

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he 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 will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” — read the full passage →

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

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.”

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.

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

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.

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

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

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 →

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

We are courageous, 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 comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. — read the full passage →

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes 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.

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

Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

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

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

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,

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. — read the full passage →

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. — read the full passage →

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

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.

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.” — read the full passage →

The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

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

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. — read the full passage →

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

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

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.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

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

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw 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, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

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

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.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

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. — read the full passage →

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

He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” — read the full passage →

For you died, and your life is hidden 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 God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

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

For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

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

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

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

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

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

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,

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

“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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

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

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. — 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 said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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

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

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

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 am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

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

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 →

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.