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What Does the Bible Say About Burying the Dead?

Here are 10 Bible verses about Burying the Dead, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Matthew 8:22

    But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

    BSBBut Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

  2. #2Daniel 12:2

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

    BSBAnd many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

  3. #3James 2:26

    For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

    BSBAs the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

  4. #4Luke 9:60

    Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

    BSBBut Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

  5. #5Acts 2:29

    Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

    BSBBrothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

  6. #6Deuteronomy 21:23

    His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

    BSByou must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

  7. #7Genesis 3:19

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

    BSBBy the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

  8. #8Genesis 23:4

    I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

    BSB“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

  9. #9John 5:28

    Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

    BSBDo not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

  10. #10John 3:16

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

    BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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