Quotes About Death

And so Job died, old and full of years.

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.

My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a womanís stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.

Godís anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.