Funeral Bible Verses for Spiritual Comfort and Holy Tranquility

Funeral Sayings from the Scriptures

Demise of a loved one is certainly a big loss for the family and peers. Apart from the kind words of commiseration, the closed ones of the departed soul also seek solace and support in the true verses by God. Bible verses are read out at the funeral and also printed in the funeral cards and announcements.

Bible verses not only convey others how much important was the dead one to his family and relatives but also consoles them.

Comforting Biblical Verses for Loved Ones

Following are some of the chosen verses from Bible which will heal the sorrow hearts in time of loss.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

Job 19:25-25

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.

Isaiah 57:1-2

Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die

Thessalonians 4:13–14 

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

Romans 14:7-9

None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume,  
and the day of death better than the day of birth.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

Revelation 21:6-7

He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Hope these words will comfort the hearts of those grieving for their loved ones.