Quotes about Death
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
— Proverbs 14:27
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
— Proverbs 14:32
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
— Proverbs 16:14
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
— Proverbs 18:21
He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
— Proverbs 19:16
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
— Proverbs 24:11
Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:
— Proverbs 30:7
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
— Ecclesiastes 2:16
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
— Ecclesiastes 3:2
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 3:19
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
— Ecclesiastes 4:2
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
— Ecclesiastes 5:15