Bible Verses About Death and Grief

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

Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

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.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

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.

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 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,

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.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

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

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

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

He will wipe away 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.”

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”

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, they comfort me.

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.

Precious in the LORD’s sight is the death of his saints.

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.

The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Jesus wept.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the LORD’s name.”

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”