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Bible Verses About Afterlife
Find Bible verses about afterlife — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about afterlife?
The Bible addresses afterlife with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
2 Samuel 12:23
“But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."”
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Job 10:21
“before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;”
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Job 26:5
“"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.”
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Job 7:9
“As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.”
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Luke 16:22
“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.”
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Psalms 9:17
“The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.”
1 Peter 4:6
“For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.”
Isaiah 14:9
“Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.”
Ezekiel 32:21
“The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with those who help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.”
Mark 12:18
“There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,”
Ecclesiastes 3:21
“Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"”
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