Bible Verses About Rest in Death

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

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

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

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

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

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

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

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

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

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

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

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.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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

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

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

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

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

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

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

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

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.