What does the Bible Say about Death? Home

Look first to the oldest book in the Bible, Job, and observe the plain meaning it gives death.

§ “How oft is the candle of the wicked put out.” 21:17

§ “they are stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.” 21:18

§ “They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.” 21:26

§ “By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of His nostrils are they consumed”. 4:9

§ “He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.” 20:8

§ “If He set His hear upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.” 34:15

§ “He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.” 14:2

§ “There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again…But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?” 14:7-10

§ “As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth not: … they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.” 14:11,12