Bible Verses About Saying Goodbye
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for saying goodbye, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,602 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Saying Goodbye
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15361 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Numbers 6:24-26305 votes
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
Ephesians 6:1096 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Psalms 37:2372 votes
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Jeremiah 29:1169 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.
Psalms 21:662 votes
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psalms 121:1-860 votes
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 Corinthians 13:1159 votes
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Romans 15:1347 votes
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Genesis 24:5646 votes
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
1 John 3:1646 votes
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Psalms 1:1-30:1238 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Acts 20:17-2433 votes
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
John 15:3-530 votes
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Jeremiah 22:1028 votes
Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Psalms 23:1-623 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Proverbs 19:2123 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Ruth 1:1-2220 votes
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
James 1:1-2720 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Revelation 22:2120 votes
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Colossians 2:1-2319 votes
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
John 3:16-1716 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 5:2315 votes
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 2:1-1515 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 John 2:1-2915 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
What does the Bible say about saying goodbye?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 on the subject of saying goodbye. Across 1,602 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Numbers 6:24-26, Ephesians 6:10, Psalms 37:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.