Bible Verses About Deceased Watching Over
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for deceased watching over, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 893 votes, led by Revelation 21:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Deceased Watching Over
Revelation 21:450 votes
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.
Hebrews 12:143 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1839 votes
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Matthew 5:438 votes
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Romans 14:837 votes
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
Psalms 23:430 votes
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.
John 11:2528 votes
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 14:1-428 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Isaiah 41:1027 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
John 3:1627 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.
Romans 8:38-3927 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
1 John 4:126 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Romans 8:2825 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
John 14:2724 votes
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Psalms 30:523 votes
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
John 5:28-2923 votes
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
2 Corinthians 5:822 votes
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:1321 votes
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Psalms 23:1-620 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms 116:1520 votes
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Philippians 1:320 votes
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
2 Corinthians 5:6-819 votes
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
Revelation 14:1317 votes
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-216 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 9:516 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.
What does the Bible say about deceased watching over?
Readers most often cite Revelation 21:4 on the subject of deceased watching over. Across 893 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 12:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 5:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.