Bible Verses About Final Farewells

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

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

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

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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.

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.