49 Bible Verses about losing a loved one
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Look to yourselves, so that we may not lose those things which we worked out, but that we may receive a full reward.
No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no casting away of life among you, only of the ship.
He who finds his life shall lose it. And he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.
Nor shall anyone tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead. Nor shall anyone give them the cup of comfort to drink for their father or for their mother.
But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you be not grieved, even as others who have no hope.
The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.
For a covenant is affirmed over those dead, since it never has force when The one covenanting is living.
He who loves his life shall lose it. And he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Weep not for the dead, nor moan for him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away. For he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
And I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off. And those left, let them eat, each woman her neighbor's flesh.
Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Jehovah. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
For I have no delight in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Jehovah. Therefore turn and live.
and He died for all, that the living ones may live no more to themselves, but to Him who died for them and having been raised.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those that You have given Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
What man lives and never sees death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
And therefore you now have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
And this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day.
But no, rather, I also count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them to be dung, so that I may win Christ
And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.
For if we have been joined together in the likeness of His death, we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection;
or has found that which was lost and lies concerning it and swears falsely-- in any of all these that a man does, sinning in it,
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
And it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
And 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, they shall rest from their labors, and their works follow them.
Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and seek carefully until she finds it?
always bearing about the dying of the Lord Jesus in the body, so that the life of Jesus also might be revealed in our body.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
And it happened when he spoke of the ark of God, he fell backward off the seat, by the side of the gate. And his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
But you be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.
If anyone's work shall be burned up, he shall suffer loss. But he shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.
And it happened on the seventh day, the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, Behold, while the child was still alive we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. How then will he trouble himself if we tell him that the child is dead?
I will seek the lost, and bring again those driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen the sick. But I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
When Jesus heard, He said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God might be glorified by it.
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?