Bible Verses About Respect for the Dead

And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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

And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

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.

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.

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.

All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

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

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

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

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

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

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.