Bible Verses About When Someone Dies
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for when someone dies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 632 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 12:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about When Someone Dies
Ecclesiastes 12:7104 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18104 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.
John 3:1653 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.
John 6:39-4052 votes
And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
Psalms 116:1542 votes
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Romans 6:2341 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Lamentations 3:22-2334 votes
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Jeremiah 1:529 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
John 10:1029 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Psalms 23:1-628 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
John 3:16-1727 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 Corinthians 6:19-2020 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Judges 16:25-3019 votes
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Proverbs 31:2014 votes
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Romans 3:2314 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:812 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Philippians 4:1310 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
What does the Bible say about when someone dies?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 12:7 on the subject of when someone dies. Across 632 votes, 17 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, John 3:16, John 6:39-40. This page lists all 17 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.