Bible Verses About What Happens After Death
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for what happens after death, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 505 votes, led by John 3:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about What Happens After Death
John 3:1652 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 25:4636 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
James 2:2635 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Luke 20:3632 votes
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Romans 6:2326 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ecclesiastes 12:725 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
John 14:622 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 Thessalonians 4:1322 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.
Luke 23:4321 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Revelation 20:1421 votes
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 20:4-520 votes
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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.
John 11:11-1416 votes
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Revelation 2:1116 votes
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 21:416 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.
Exodus 20:1-2615 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Hosea 13:1415 votes
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Hebrews 9:2715 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Ezekiel 18:2014 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Matthew 25:4112 votes
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Romans 5:1211 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:
Philippians 1:2311 votes
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Revelation 20:411 votes
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 20:611 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.
Revelation 21:811 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
What does the Bible say about what happens after death?
Readers most often cite John 3:16 on the subject of what happens after death. Across 505 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 25:46, James 2:26, Luke 20:36. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.