Scriptures for funerals, saying farewell to the deceased, and comforting those who mourn.
13 Scriptures · “Father’s Blessing” Bible
John 11:25–26
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in Me, even though he dies, will live; 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Psalm 23:4
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.
John 14:1–3
1 Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord: we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep, 16 because the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first; 17 then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
Revelation 21:4
And [God] will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more; neither will there be sorrow, nor crying, nor pain anymore, because the former things have passed away.
Romans 8:38–39
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:51–57
51 I tell you a mystery: We will not all die, but we will all be changed 52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When this perishable body has put on imperishability and this mortal body has put on immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints!
Ecclesiastes 3:1–2
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what has been planted;
Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and take away the reproach of His people from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:1–8
1 For we know that when our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord— 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight— 8 so we are confident and well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
