Bible Verses About The State Of The Dead

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Direct Bible passage on Death and Hades giving up the dead

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

Direct Bible passage about Christ as Lord of the dead and living

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Direct Bible passage on the rest of the dead not yet living

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Direct Bible passage on resurrection of just and unjust

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.

Direct Bible passage on sleeping in the dust and waking

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Direct Bible passage on the dead standing before the throne

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Primary resurrection passage

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

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For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Primary resurrection-related passage

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

Direct question about the resurrection body

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

New Testament background for sleep language

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

New Testament background for grieving the asleep dead

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

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Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Direct passage with lying down and sleep until awakening

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

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Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Pairs wakefulness and sleep with life in Christ

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Bodies of saints arising from the graves

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Shows Jesus' use of sleep language for death

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

Direct passage with sleep in the night imagery

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Direct Bible passage on death followed by judgment

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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