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 one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
“For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.”
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."”
“"Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.”
“But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."”
“Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,”
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”
“But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."”
“"I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."”
“his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.”