4 Bible Verses About Fear of Death
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Genesis 26:9KJV
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Genesis 12:12KJV
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:31KJV
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Numbers 17:12KJV
Thus, these sacred words unveil the Christian's stance before the final passage: not one of dread before oblivion, but one of expectant hope before eternal life. The fear of dissolution is disarmed by the promise of resurrection, by the assurance of divine companionship even through the valley. We are called not to cling to earthly life in anxiety, but to live fully for the life beyond, trusting in the One who has conquered death itself. To meditate upon these verses is to begin the necessary work of detaching the soul from temporal anxieties, fixing its gaze instead upon the immutable light. Herein lies the profound peace offered to the disciple: death becomes not a dreaded end, but the threshold to the true, unending existence. This contemplative engagement transforms apprehension into quiet confidence, preparing the heart for the ultimate unveiling of grace.