Bible Verses About Death and Birth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for death and birth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 306 votes, led by Psalms 139:13-16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Death and Birth
Psalms 139:13-1635 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Ecclesiastes 7:135 votes
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2233 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Jeremiah 1:533 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Romans 14:7-929 votes
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Ecclesiastes 9:520 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.
Isaiah 65:2519 votes
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Romans 6:2319 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 16:3316 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
2 Corinthians 5:6-814 votes
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
John 3:1612 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John 1:911 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Genesis 1:2810 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Isaiah 43:110 votes
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Jeremiah 29:1110 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
What does the Bible say about death and birth?
Readers most often cite Psalms 139:13-16 on the subject of death and birth. Across 306 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 7:1, Ecclesiastes 3:1-22, Jeremiah 1:5. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.