Bible Verses About Death

They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

This one dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

And this one dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

And he--to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.