Bible Verses About Inevitability of Death

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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:

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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.

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.

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

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

It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

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 that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

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

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

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

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

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

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

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.