What Does the Bible Say About Why Do People Die Young?

Isaiah 57:1-2 ESV / 92 helpful votes

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 54 helpful votes

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Romans 8:28 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Isaiah 57:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

John 3:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Ecclesiastes 7:15 ESV / 18 helpful votes

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

Revelation 21:1-27 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ...

Romans 8:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Ecclesiastes 7:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

John 6:39-40 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Psalm 51:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

James 1:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Psalm 14:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.

John 3:36 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Romans 6:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Romans 5:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Genesis 18:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

1 John 1:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Acts 8:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Matthew 5:45 ESV / 7 helpful votes

So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Revelation 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’

2 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

Acts 2:41 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

John 12:48 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Job 21:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure,

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! ...

Deuteronomy 1:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

Genesis 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

Acts 16:14-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

38 Bible Verses about Why Do People Die Young

Isaiah 57:1-2 ESV / 92 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 54 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 57:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 21:1-27 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 21:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 6:39-40 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 51:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:15 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 14:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:36 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Genesis 18:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 8:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:45 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:41 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:48 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 21:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:1-176 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 1:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 16:14-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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