Bible Verses About Death

That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.

And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

If he set his heart upon himself, Ifhe gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

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

For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces ofthystrength?

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.