Bible Verses About Loved Ones in Heaven
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loved ones in heaven, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,993 votes, led by 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Loved Ones in Heaven
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18234 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.
Revelation 21:4152 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.
1 John 3:2136 votes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22132 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 Samuel 12:23120 votes
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
1 Corinthians 2:9117 votes
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
John 14:1-30110 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 3:16109 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 Thessalonians 4:1789 votes
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Matthew 22:3085 votes
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:885 votes
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Luke 16:19-3179 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
1 Corinthians 15:5278 votes
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
John 14:668 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Psalms 116:1566 votes
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Hebrews 12:165 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 Corinthians 13:1256 votes
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Matthew 8:1153 votes
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 6:2353 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 9:2753 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Revelation 1:153 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Romans 8:38-3951 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Acts 4:1250 votes
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Philippians 1:21-2348 votes
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
2 Corinthians 5:6-847 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 loved ones in heaven?
Readers most often cite 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 on the subject of loved ones in heaven. Across 3,993 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 21:4, 1 John 3:2, Ecclesiastes 3:1-22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.