Bible Verses About Soul Sleep
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for soul sleep, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 376 votes, led by Psalms 115:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Soul Sleep
Psalms 115:1728 votes
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
John 3:1328 votes
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 5:28-2928 votes
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Daniel 12:227 votes
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Ecclesiastes 12:724 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1824 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.
Ecclesiastes 9:519 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.
Psalms 6:518 votes
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 146:418 votes
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
1 Corinthians 15:51-5516 votes
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Luke 23:4315 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
1 Corinthians 15:20-2314 votes
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Genesis 2:713 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Matthew 9:2413 votes
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Matthew 10:2813 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.
2 Corinthians 5:6-813 votes
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
Hebrews 9:2712 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
James 2:2612 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Ecclesiastes 3:2011 votes
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
2 Chronicles 32:3310 votes
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
1 Corinthians 15:610 votes
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
Revelation 20:610 votes
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
What does the Bible say about soul sleep?
Readers most often cite Psalms 115:17 on the subject of soul sleep. Across 376 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 3:13, John 5:28-29, Daniel 12:2. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.