Bible Verses About Time to Die
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for time to die, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,732 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 3:1-22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Time to Die
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22164 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
James 4:14120 votes
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Acts 1:785 votes
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Hebrews 9:2785 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Job 14:581 votes
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Ecclesiastes 3:163 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Psalms 116:1557 votes
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
John 3:1655 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.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-848 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Psalms 90:1242 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms 139:1639 votes
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Ecclesiastes 3:235 votes
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Proverbs 16:934 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Ecclesiastes 7:1733 votes
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Psalms 23:1-632 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 Peter 3:1032 votes
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Ecclesiastes 7:131 votes
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Psalms 31:1528 votes
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-1827 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:
Revelation 21:427 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.
1 John 4:1826 votes
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
James 4:13-1525 votes
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-223 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Isaiah 57:1-223 votes
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
John 16:3323 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
What does the Bible say about time to die?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 on the subject of time to die. Across 1,732 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 4:14, Acts 1:7, Hebrews 9:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.