Bible Verses About End-of-Life Conversations

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,