Bible Verses About Our Deceased Loved Ones
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our deceased loved ones, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,457 votes, led by Philippians 1:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Our Deceased Loved Ones
Philippians 1:3141 votes
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Revelation 14:13137 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.
Revelation 21:4131 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.
Psalms 116:15115 votes
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Luke 23:43103 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22102 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
John 3:16101 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.
Matthew 5:499 votes
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1886 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.
Leviticus 19:3178 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Luke 16:19-3172 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
John 10:1059 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Psalms 34:1857 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Isaiah 41:1052 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.
Romans 12:251 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Mark 3:28-2949 votes
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
Mark 16:1649 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-1747 votes
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Romans 8:1844 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.
James 1:1-2744 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Isaiah 25:842 votes
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Psalms 30:541 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 5:28-2941 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 5:840 votes
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Psalms 23:439 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.
What does the Bible say about our deceased loved ones?
Readers most often cite Philippians 1:3 on the subject of our deceased loved ones. Across 3,457 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 14:13, Revelation 21:4, Psalms 116:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.