Bible Verses About The Dead
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the dead, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 894 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 The Dead
Ecclesiastes 9:574 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.
Hebrews 9:2759 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Psalms 115:1757 votes
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
1 John 4:155 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 Thessalonians 4:12-1653 votes
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Leviticus 19:3149 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Luke 16:19-3140 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
John 3:1634 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.
Isaiah 8:1932 votes
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
1 Timothy 2:530 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Ecclesiastes 9:5-629 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.
Romans 5:1228 votes
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Luke 16:2627 votes
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Deuteronomy 18:1124 votes
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Acts 4:1224 votes
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
1 Chronicles 10:13-1423 votes
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
Ecclesiastes 12:722 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
John 14:322 votes
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Daniel 12:221 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.
Psalms 146:419 votes
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Romans 14:819 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.
Ezekiel 18:417 votes
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Luke 16:18-3115 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Acts 2:3815 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
James 2:2614 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
What does the Bible say about the dead?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 9:5 on the subject of the dead. Across 894 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 9:27, Psalms 115:17, 1 John 4:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.