For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Job 19:25
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:”
— Job 19:25
The Bible talks about death with unusual directness — it never euphemizes it away, and it never pretends it is natural. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 puts it on the calendar ("a time to be born, and a time to die") and Psalm 90:12 asks God to teach us to number our days because of it. But the verses that get read at bedsides are the ones that speak past it: Jesus at a tomb saying "I am the resurrection, and the life" before he empties it, Paul calling death a departure with cargo waiting (2 Timothy 4:7), and Revelation's end-state where death itself is a named casualty: "there shall be no more death." Fifteen of those verses follow in full KJV text — for the dying, the bereaved, and anyone doing the arithmetic of mortality honestly.
Quick answer: The most-read verse about death is Psalm 23:4: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me." Jesus' own words are John 11:25 — "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live" — and Paul's great comfort verse for the bereaved is 1 Thessalonians 4:13, which tells believers they grieve, but "even as others which have no hope."
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
Job 19:25
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 23:4
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 90:12
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.
Psalms 116:15
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Ecclesiastes 3:2
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
John 11:25
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Romans 14:8
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
1 Corinthians 15:55
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21
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.
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
Hebrews 9:27
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4
These verses are read at funerals (Psalm 23, John 11:25, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 are the traditional core), at hospital bedsides, and in the months after a loss when the cards have stopped coming and the grief has not. Ecclesiastes 7:2 — "it is better to go to the house of mourning" — is the hardest one on this page and the most worth sitting with: it argues that death teaches the living something the house of feasting cannot. This page is about death itself; its companion page on grief collects the verses for the ache that follows, and the two lists are often used together.
Copy the verse that fits the hour — Psalm 23:4 and John 11:25 are the two most often read aloud at a bedside; Psalm 116:15 ("Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints") reframes the moment for the family as much as for the dying. Each card toggles between the King James Version and the World English Bible — "the valley of the shadow of death" reads identically in both, but "though he were dead, yet shall he live" gains clarity in modern grammar. A note on use: these verses comfort; they do not erase. If someone asks the harder questions, the verses about heaven on the related list take the next step.
15 KJV verses on grief — Psalm 34:18, Matthew 5:4, John 11:35, Revelation 21:4 and more.
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