64 Bible Verses About Preparing for Death

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

And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem.

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

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

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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

And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

and the dead by the plague are four and twenty thousand.

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.