Bible Verses About Final Wishes

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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.

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

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

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

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

And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:

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

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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.

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

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.

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

Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

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.

Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.

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.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

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

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.