34 Bible Verses about losing a loved one

Take heed to yourselves that we lose not the things which we have wrought, but receive a full reward.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Yet even now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest [of mankind] who have no hope.

For a testament is valid when men are dead; for else it is of no efficacy whilst the testator is alive.

Yet have I a charge against thee, that thou art gone back from thy first love.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

For where a testament is, of necessity the death of the testator is implied.

and he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him that died for them, and rose again.

When I was with them in the world, I preserved them by thy name: those whom thou hast given me have I guarded, and not one of them is perished, except the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

And ye therefore have indeed at present sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made glad, and your joy no man taketh from you.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, That every thing which he hath given me I should not be deprived of it, but raise it up at the last day.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the transcendently excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as offals of ordure, that I may gain Christ,

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and hate one another.

For if we have been planted with him in the likeness of his death, so shall we be also of his resurrection:

For no one of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself.

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring with him.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, from henceforward: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may have rest from their labours; but their works follow after them.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver coin, if she lose one of them, doth she not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and make diligent search until she find it?

always bearing about in the body the death pangs of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

We know that we are passed out of [a state of] death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Then Jesus therefore told them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

If any man's work be burnt up, he shall suffer loss: but himself shall be saved; yet so as through the fire.

TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, in order to catch their eye: for otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

But if we have been dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

When Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not for death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

What man is there of you, possessing an hundred sheep, though he lose but one of them, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?