Bible verses about Dead, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

They who have departed this life Genesis 23:2; 25:8; Job 1:19 TERMS USED TO EXPRESS Corpses II Kings 19:35; Nahum 3:3 Carcases Numbers 14:29,32,33; I Kings 13:24 Those who are not Matthew 2:18 Deceased Isaiah 26:14; Matthew 22:25 CHARACTERISED BY Being without the Spirit James 2:26 Being incapable of motion Matthew 28:4; Revelation 1:17 Ignorance of all human affairs Ecclesiastes 9:5 Absence of all human passions Ecclesiastes 9:6 Inability to glorify God Psalms 115:17 Return not to this life Job 7:9,10; 14:10,14 Eyes of, closed by nearest of kin Genesis 46:4 Were washed and laid out Acts 9:37 Were wrapped in lined with spices John 19:40 MOURNING FOR, OFTEN Very great Genesis 27:35; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18; John 11:33 Loud and clamorous Jeremiah 16:6; Mark 5:38 By hired mourners Jeremiah 9:17,18; Amos 5:16 With plaintive music Jeremiah 48:36; Matthew 9:23 Testified by change of apparel II Samuel 14:2 Testified by taring the hair Jeremiah 16:7 Testified by covering the head II Samuel 19:4 Testified by rending the garments Genesis 37:34; II Samuel 3:31 Lasted many days Genesis 37:34; 50:3,10 Regard often shown to the memory of Ruth 1:8 Too soon forgotten Psalms 31:12; Ecclesiastes 9:5 Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1,2 All offerings to, forbidden Deuteronomy 26:14 Touching of, caused uncleanness Numbers 19:11,13,16; 9:6,7 In a house rendered it unclean Numbers 19:14,15 Even bones of, caused uncleanness Numbers 19:16; II Chronicles 34:5 A priest not to mourn for, except when near of kin Leviticus 21:1-3; Ezekiel 44:25 High priest in no case to mourn for Leviticus 21:10,11 Nazarites not to touch or mourn for Numbers 6:6,7 Those defiled by, removed from the camp Numbers 5:2 Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water separation Numbers 19:12,18 IDOLATERS Tore themselves for Jeremiah 16:7 Offered sacrifices for Psalms 106:28 Invoked and consulted I Samuel 28:7,8 Consecrated part of their crops to Deuteronomy 26:14 The Jews looked for a resurrection from Isaiah 26:19; Acts 24:15 Instances of, restored to life before Christ I Kings 17:22; II Kings 4:34-36; 13:21 Instances of, restored by Christ Matthew 9:25; Luke 7:15; John 11:44; Acts 9:40; 20:12 ILLUSTRATIVE OF Man's state by nature II Corinthians 5:4; Ephesians 2:1,5 A state of deep affliction, &c Psalms 88:5,6; 143:3; Isaiah 59:10 Freedom from the power of sin Romans 6:2,8,11; Colossians 3:3 Freedom from the law Romans 7:4 Faith without works I Timothy 5:6; James 2:17,26 Diviners &c Isaiah 8:19 Impotence Genesis 20:3; Romans 4:19

 

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