What Does the Bible Say About Celebrating Death?

Proverbs 8:36 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

Jude 1:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Luke 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.

Revelation 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

James 2:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

Isaiah 14:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!

Romans 9:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Deuteronomy 18:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Romans 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Isaiah 28:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

1 Samuel 17:51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

Revelation 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 6:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

2 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. ...

Numbers 31:17-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

Exodus 22:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

26 Bible Verses about Celebrating Death

Proverbs 8:36 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Jude 1:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Luke 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Revelation 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 2:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 14:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 9:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 18:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 17:51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 6:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 31:17-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 22:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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26 Bible Verses about Celebrating Death

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Proverbs 8:36 ESV / 11 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Jude 1:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Luke 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Revelation 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 2:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 14:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 9:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 18:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Samuel 17:51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 6:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 John 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Numbers 31:17-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 22:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote