Bible Verses about “burying the dead”
The Bible contains 10 verses about burying the dead across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”
“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”
“Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.”
“Jesus said unto him, ‹Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.›”
“‹Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,›”
“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.”
“But Jesus said unto him, ‹Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.›”
“I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
“His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.”