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The 15 most-voted verses about the dead, from 13 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 (BSB)

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 (WEB)

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Hebrews 9:27 (BSB)

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

Hebrews 9:27 (KJV)

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Hebrews 9:27 (WEB)

You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:31 (BSB)

¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:31 (KJV)

“‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:31 (WEB)

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

Psalm 115:17 (BSB)

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

Psalm 115:17 (KJV)

The dead don’t praise the LORD, nor any who go down into silence,

Psalm 115:17 (WEB)

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 (BSB)

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 (KJV)

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 (WEB)

When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Isaiah 8:19 (BSB)

¶ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

Isaiah 8:19 (KJV)

When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Isaiah 8:19 (WEB)

For 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.

John 3:16 (BSB)

¶ 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.

John 3:16 (KJV)

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

John 3:16 (WEB)

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:5 (BSB)

For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV)

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:5 (WEB)

casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

Deuteronomy 18:11 (BSB)

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Deuteronomy 18:11 (KJV)

or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Deuteronomy 18:11 (WEB)

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Psalm 146:4 (BSB)

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Psalm 146:4 (KJV)

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Psalm 146:4 (WEB)

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (BSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (WEB)

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

Daniel 12:2 (BSB)

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.

Daniel 12:2 (KJV)

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2 (WEB)

And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

Luke 16:26 (BSB)

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that [would come] from thence.

Luke 16:26 (KJV)

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’

Luke 16:26 (WEB)

Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12 (BSB)

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Acts 4:12 (KJV)

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Acts 4:12 (WEB)

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Romans 5:12 (BSB)

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Romans 5:12 (KJV)

Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.

Romans 5:12 (WEB)

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