Bible Verses About Consciousness After Death
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for consciousness after death, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 230 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 9:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Consciousness After Death
Ecclesiastes 9:522 votes
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Psalms 6:519 votes
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Luke 16:19-3119 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Ecclesiastes 12:718 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Genesis 2:1715 votes
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.
Acts 2:2714 votes
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Luke 20:37-3813 votes
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
1 Corinthians 15:5113 votes
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Acts 2:3112 votes
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Revelation 6:9-1112 votes
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Genesis 25:1711 votes
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
Romans 6:2311 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 9:2711 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Matthew 10:2810 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 25:4610 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
John 3:1310 votes
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:6-810 votes
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
What does the Bible say about consciousness after death?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 9:5 on the subject of consciousness after death. Across 230 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 6:5, Luke 16:19-31, Ecclesiastes 12:7. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.