Bible Verses About Memory After Death
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for memory after death, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,360 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 Memory After Death
Ecclesiastes 9:5101 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 65:1795 votes
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Revelation 21:469 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.
John 11:25-2666 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:
Luke 16:19-3153 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Proverbs 10:751 votes
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Romans 14:849 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.
Ecclesiastes 12:746 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Philippians 3:20-2145 votes
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Ecclesiastes 9:5-639 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.
Matthew 10:2839 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.
John 14:1-336 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 3:1635 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.
Revelation 14:1330 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.
Psalms 34:1829 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1828 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.
Hebrews 9:2728 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Revelation 1:1827 votes
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Luke 23:4325 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2 Corinthians 5:825 votes
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
John 5:28-2924 votes
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Romans 8:1824 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Matthew 5:423 votes
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
John 14:623 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Romans 8:38-3923 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
What does the Bible say about memory after death?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 9:5 on the subject of memory after death. Across 1,360 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 65:17, Revelation 21:4, John 11:25-26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.