Bible Verses About Life and Death

For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

And the commandment which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] to death.

For the law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace:

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that [were] in it. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.

And Ittai answered the king, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, and [as] my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

And [for] his food there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

To the one [we are] the savor of death to death; and to the other the savor of life to life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?

According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

If any man shall see his brother sin a sin [which is] not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.

And deliver them, who, through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage.

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

The people who sat in darkness, saw great light; and to them who sat in the region and shades of death, light hath arisen.

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken from the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.

And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children will rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to sin, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

And if thy eye causeth thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire.

And behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

And he said to him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Then saith he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Now the chief priests and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

And it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.