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Bible Verses about “burying the dead

Found 10 verses (ordered by relevance) about “burying the dead” in the KJV version of the Bible

John 3:16
2236 votes

‹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.›

James 2:26
189 votes

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Genesis 3:19
153 votes

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.

Acts 2:29
94 votes

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.

Luke 9:60
47 votes

Jesus said unto him, ‹Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.›

John 5:28
43 votes

‹Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,›

Daniel 12:2
36 votes

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.

Matthew 8:22
33 votes

But Jesus said unto him, ‹Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.›

Genesis 23:4
2 votes

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.

Deuteronomy 21:23
2 votes

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.