47 Bible Verses About Losing Someone

Here are 47 Bible verses about losing someone from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.

Mark 8:36 KJV

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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Isaiah 47:9 KJV

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

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1 Corinthians 15:26 KJV

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

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1 Corinthians 15:18 KJV

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

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Matthew 10:42 KJV

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

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2 Samuel 12:18 KJV

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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Proverbs 4:16 KJV

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

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Acts 27:22 KJV

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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Psalms 107:14 KJV

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

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2 Corinthians 1:4 KJV

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13 KJV

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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1 Corinthians 3:15 KJV

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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Proverbs 24:10 KJV

If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

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Philippians 1:21 KJV

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

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1 Corinthians 15:55 KJV

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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Proverbs 8:36 KJV

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

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John 6:39 KJV

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

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Psalms 107:10 KJV

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

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Philippians 2:27 KJV

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

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2 Chronicles 15:7 KJV

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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Jeremiah 16:7 KJV

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

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Matthew 6:1 KJV

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

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Matthew 5:4 KJV

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

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Jeremiah 22:10 KJV

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

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Matthew 18:12 KJV

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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2 John 1:8 KJV

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

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John 17:12 KJV

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

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Psalms 109:8 KJV

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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Leviticus 6:3 KJV

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

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Hebrews 11:35 KJV

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

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John 12:25 KJV

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

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Ezekiel 34:16 KJV

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

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Matthew 10:39 KJV

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

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Psalms 116:15 KJV

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

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Philippians 3:7 KJV

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

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Revelation 21:4 KJV

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

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Isaiah 57:1 KJV

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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John 16:22 KJV

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

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Exodus 22:14 KJV

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

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Luke 9:25 KJV

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

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Matthew 16:26 KJV

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

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Philippians 3:8 KJV

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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Proverbs 5:9 KJV

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

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James 5:20 KJV

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

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Matthew 5:30 KJV

Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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John 18:9 KJV

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

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Psalms 49:17 KJV

That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

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Ezekiel 18:23 KJV

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

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