24 Bible Verses about Praying For The Dead
Want to know what the Bible says about Praying For The Dead? Here are 24 Bible verses about Praying For The Dead from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Psalm 115:17 NIV
It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
those who go down to the place of silence;
those who go down to the place of silence;
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Proverbs 15:29 NIV
The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
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Job 14:12-14 NIV
12 so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
13 “If only you would hide me in the grave
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service
I will wait for my renewal to come.
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service
I will wait for my renewal to come.
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1 Peter 3:18-20 NIV
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits — 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
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