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Bible verses about death

The Bible faces death plainly and answers it with resurrection: Jesus said, "I am the resurrection, and the life." These passages comfort the grieving and the dying with the hope that death is not the end for those who are in Christ.

  1. I am the resurrection, and the life

    John 11:25-26

    Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
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  2. O death, where is thy sting?

    1 Corinthians 15:54-55

    So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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  3. No more death, neither sorrow

    Revelation 21:4

    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.
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  4. The valley of the shadow of death

    Psalm 23:4

    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.
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  5. The wages of sin is death

    Romans 6:23

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

    Philippians 1:21

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