Bible Verses About Life and Death

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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

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 to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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:

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

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

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.

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.

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

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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.

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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

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

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?