25 Bible Verses To Cope With The Death Of A Loved One

There is no greater pain than being forced to say goodbye to someone close to your heart. Whether it’s someone you loved, admired, or simply once knew, coming to terms that you’ll never see them again on earth is never easy. Of course losing a loved one along the journey is an inevitable part of life, but that doesn’t make it any easier to fathom. How can you make sense of a loss? You just can’t. All you can do is find comfort in the words of our Heavenly Father. Because, even when nothing makes sense and everything hurts, God is still good. Below I am sharing 25 bible verses to cope with the death of a loved one.

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I’ve always dreaded writing about death.

It’s a topic I have always avoided talking about on my blog because of all that it entails.

But after losing someone so special in my life yesterday, November 4th, 2024, I felt the need to transform my tears, thoughts, and pain into words that can not only honor him, but also help others who are experiencing grief as well.

Dedicatory To Someone Special

Henry Salinas was an extraordinary, courageous, and admirable man of God. One of the very best I have ever known. An exceptional husband, father, son, friend, and brother-in-Christ, who impacted the lives of so many. Everyone that knew Henry knew how much he loved God and how special he was. He always had a smile on his face, loved to worship God, and gave the best hugs. There is no one in this world that hugs the way Henry did. Just the thought of not being able to hug him ever again breaks my heart. But I will cherish every memory and find comfort in the fact that God is hugging him now.

I pray that God comforts his wife, daughter, parents, siblings, family members, friends, and everyone that knew him. And I also pray that all of us who knew him can follow his footsteps and love God as loudly, genuinely, and proudly as he did.

Henry, you made it. You fought the good fight of faith with so much grace and courage and won. In life and in death, you have and always will be a huge inspiration for me. I will never forget you, your hugs, and everything I learned from you.

Thank you for everything, my dear brother-in-Christ. You will be remembered forever ❤️‍🩹

25 Bible Verses To Cope With The Death Of A Loved One

1. Psalm 116:15

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. (NKJV)

2. Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. (NKJV)

3. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. (NKJV)

4. Romans 8:38-39

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NKJV)

5. John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. (NKJV)

6. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted. (NKJV)

7. Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (NKJV)

8. Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, ‘Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them. (NKJV)

9. 2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (NKJV)

10. Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken. (NKJV)

11. John 14:1-3

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. (NKJV)

12. Revelation 21:4

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. (NKJV)

13. Job 19:25-26

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God. (NKJV)

14. 2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. (NKJV)

15. Psalm 49:15

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me. (NKJV)

16. Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NKJV)

17. Philippians 3:20-21

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. (NKJV)

18. Psalm 23:4

Yea, 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. (NKJV)

19. 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. (NKJV)

20. Luke 23:43

And Jesus said to him, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise. (NKJV)

21. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

22. Psalm 48:14

For this is God, our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to death. (NKJV)

23. 1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. (NKJV)

24. Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. (NKJV)

25. Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (NKJV)

Final Thoughts

John 13:7 says, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.” It’s hard to understand God’s plans. But, in times like these, all we can do is cling on to the fact that God knows better, loves us deeply, and is still so good. I hope you found some comfort in this blog post and some peace reading these 25 bible verses to cope with the death of a loved one. May God hug you with his love and comfort!

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