100 Bible Verses about the Deceased Watching Over (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about the deceased watching over, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Revelation 21:4 KJV

⁴And 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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Hebrews 12:1 KJV

¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 KJV

¹³But 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. ¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. ¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them …

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Romans 14:8 KJV

⁸For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

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Matthew 5:4 KJV

⁴Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

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John 14:1-4 KJV

¹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. ²In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. ⁴And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

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John 11:25 KJV

²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Psalm 23:4 KJV

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Romans 8:38-39 KJV

³⁸For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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1 John 4:1 KJV

¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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John 14:27 KJV

²⁷Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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John 5:28-29 KJV

²⁸Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, ²⁹And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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Psalm 30:5 KJV

⁵For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13 KJV

¹³But 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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2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV

⁸We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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Psalm 116:15 KJV

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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Philippians 1:3 KJV

³I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

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2 Corinthians 5:6-8 KJV

⁶Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: ⁷(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) ⁸We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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Revelation 14:13 KJV

¹³And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

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Revelation 22:16 KJV

¹⁶I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

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Philippians 1:21 KJV

²¹For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5 KJV

⁵For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 KJV

¹To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: ²A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

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Ecclesiastes 7:1 KJV

¹A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

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2 Samuel 12:23 KJV

²³But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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Hebrews 11:1-40 KJV

¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ²For by it the elders obtained a good report. ³Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. ⁴By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he …

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Psalm 34:18 KJV

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

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Hebrews 1:14 KJV

¹⁴Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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1 Corinthians 6:14 KJV

¹⁴And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

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Revelation 6:9-11 KJV

⁹And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: ¹⁰And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? ¹¹And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they …

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Romans 8:18 KJV

¹⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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Romans 6:23 KJV

²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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John 14:1-3 KJV

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John 10:10 KJV

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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Isaiah 25:8 KJV

⁸He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Revelation 21:1 KJV

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. ³Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …

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1 John 3:2 KJV

²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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Colossians 2:1-23 KJV

¹For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ²That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; ³In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom …

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4 KJV

³Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; ⁴Who 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 15:22 KJV

²²For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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John 11:25-26 KJV

²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: ²⁶And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 KJV

⁵For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. ⁶Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

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1 Thessalonians 4:14 KJV

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 KJV

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Philippians 1:21-23 KJV

²¹For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²²But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. ²³For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

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1 Corinthians 15:42-44 KJV

⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: ⁴³It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: ⁴⁴It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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John 5:24 KJV

²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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Isaiah 51:11 KJV

¹¹Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

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Ecclesiastes 9:10 KJV

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

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Psalm 119:50 KJV

⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

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Revelation 22:18-19 KJV

¹⁸For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: ¹⁹And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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Revelation 22:13 KJV

¹³I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

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Revelation 20:14 KJV

¹⁴And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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Revelation 20:14-15 KJV

¹⁴And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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2 Corinthians 5:1 KJV

¹For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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Isaiah 1:1-31 KJV

¹The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. ²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. ³The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not …

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1 Samuel 28:1-25 KJV

¹And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. ²And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. ³Now …

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Revelation 21:27 KJV

²⁷And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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Revelation 12:1 KJV

¹And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: ¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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Philippians 3:20-21 KJV

²⁰For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: ²¹Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

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Philippians 1:23-24 KJV

²³For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: ²⁴Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

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2 Corinthians 5:1-3 KJV

¹For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ²For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: ³If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

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Luke 23:43 KJV

⁴³And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

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Matthew 25:41 KJV

⁴¹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

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Matthew 10:28 KJV

²⁸And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Proverbs 15:3 KJV

³The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

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Psalm 146:4 KJV

⁴His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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Psalm 121:8 KJV

⁸The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

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Psalm 42:11 KJV

¹¹Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Psalm 32:8 KJV

⁸I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

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Esther 5:1-14 KJV

¹Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. ²And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in …

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

¹¹Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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Deuteronomy 32:10 KJV

¹⁰He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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Revelation 22:12 KJV

¹²And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

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Revelation 22:3 KJV

³And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

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Luke 15:10 KJV

¹⁰Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

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Matthew 7:13-14 KJV

¹³Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: ¹⁴Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Hosea 13:14 KJV

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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Isaiah 57:1-2 KJV

¹The 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. ²He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

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Deuteronomy 11:12 KJV

¹²A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

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Revelation 22:20 KJV

²⁰He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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Revelation 22:19 KJV

¹⁹And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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Revelation 22:6 KJV

⁶And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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Revelation 19:20 KJV

²⁰And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

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Revelation 19:1 KJV

¹And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

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1 Peter 5:7 KJV

⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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2 Corinthians 5:1-21 KJV

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John 16:22 KJV

²²And 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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John 14:1 KJV

¹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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Psalm 147:3 KJV

³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Revelation 21:2 KJV

²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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Revelation 20:15 KJV

¹⁵And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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