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Bible Verses About Death
A well-known Bible verse about death is Psalm 23:4: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” Scripture does not pretend that death is not painful. Jesus himself wept at a grave. It also says that our Father is near to the brokenhearted and that death does not have the last word. Below, word for word in Father’s Heart Bible™, are the verses on each of these, linked into the chapter so you can read Psalm 23 free and hear it.
Our Father is with us in the valley
When death is near, in our own life or in a loved one's, these verses say he is near too.
Psalm 23:4
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 comfort me.
Read & listen to Psalm 23 What Psalm 23:4 meansPsalm 34:18
Our Father is near to the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.
Read & listen to Psalm 34 What Psalm 34:18 meansPsalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but our Father is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Read & listen to Psalm 73Comfort for those who grieve
Grief is not weakness. Jesus wept, and our Father promises to comfort those who mourn.
Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever; and the Sovereign Father will wipe away the tears from every face, and he will remove the reproach of his people from all the earth—for our Father has spoken.
Read & listen to Isaiah 25Revelation 21:4
Our Father will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Read & listen to Revelation 211 Thessalonians 4:13-14
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve as the rest do, who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also our Father will bring with him, through Jesus, those who have fallen asleep.
Read & listen to 1 Thessalonians 4Death cannot separate us from his love
Words of Jesus and Paul to people facing loss.
Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither present nor future, nor powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, can separate us from the love of our Father in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read & listen to Romans 8John 14:1
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in our Father; believe also in me.
Read & listen to John 14John 11:25-26
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
Read & listen to John 11John 5:24
Truly, truly, I tell you: whoever hears my word and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and won't face judgment—they have passed from death to life.
Read & listen to John 5Luke 23:43
And Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
Read & listen to Luke 23Victory over death
What the Bible says Jesus has done about death itself.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57
When this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then what is written comes true: "Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to our Father! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read & listen to 1 Corinthians 152 Timothy 1:10
and now made known through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who ended death and illuminated life and immortality through the gospel.
Read & listen to 2 Timothy 1Hebrews 2:14-15
Since the children share flesh and blood, he too shared them, so that through death he might destroy the one holding the power of death—the devil, and free all those who, through fear of death, were enslaved their whole lives.
Read & listen to Hebrews 22 Corinthians 5:1
We know: if our earthly tent is torn down, we have a building from our Father, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
Read & listen to 2 Corinthians 52 Corinthians 5:8
So we are confident, and prefer to leave the body and be home with the Lord.
Read & listen to 2 Corinthians 5Even in the valley: Psalm 23
Psalm 23 is the passage most often read at a bedside and at a funeral. Read or hear it below, then follow it to the full chapter.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about death?
2 Timothy 1:10 says, “and now made known through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who ended death and illuminated life and immortality through the gospel.”
What does the Bible say about grief and losing a loved one?
Psalm 34:18 says, “Our Father is near to the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.”
What Bible verse comforts someone who has lost a loved one?
Revelation 21:4 says, “Our Father will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."”
Does the Bible say where we go when we die?
Luke 23:43 says, “And Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."”
Should I be afraid of death?
Psalm 23:4 says, “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 comfort me.”
Is it all right to grieve?
1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 says, “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve as the rest do, who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also our Father will bring with him, through Jesus, those who have fallen asleep.”
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