Bible Verses about “praying for the dead”

“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.”

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”

“"'Don't turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don't seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.”

“or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.”

“He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."”

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

“For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.”

“Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,”

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”

“When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?”

“"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.”

“In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.”

“He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'”

“Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'”

“It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.”

“"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.”

“A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,”

“and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.”

“"He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;”

“for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come into this place of torment.'”

“"But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'”

“"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'”

“"He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"”

“The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.”

“For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”

“Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”

“Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.”

“His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.”