Bible Verses about “death and birth”

“‹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 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”

“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.”

“‹These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.›”

“For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

“¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”

“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

“For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.”

“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;”

“For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”

“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”

“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.”

“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”

“A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”

“A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;”

“For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.”

“All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”

“Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”

“¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.”

“I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.”

“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”

“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”

“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”

“Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?”

“I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.”

“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.”

“I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

“¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.”

“That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.”

“We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”

“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”

“¶ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.”

“¶ A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”

“Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:”