“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13· God
The Bible addresses life after death across both Old and New Testaments. These verses are organized by biblical era — from the patriarchs to the apostles — letting Scripture speak for itself.
“"You shall not murder.”
“"You shall not murder.”
“He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.”
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.”
“I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it, says Yahweh.”
“"Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”
“Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.”
“Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."”
“Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”
“I am the bread of life.”
“Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.”
“Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.”
“For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."”
“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.”
“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."”
“He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.”
“He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."”
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
“Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.”
“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."”
“For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?”
“This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”
“I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”
“He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!”
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!”
“"Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"”
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”
“Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.”
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
“For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.”
“Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore. A Song of Ascents. By David.”
“Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever. A Psalm by David.”
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.”
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."”
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."”
“Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."”
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