Top Bible Verses for Funerals- Funeral Bible Readings

Reading the right Bible verse at a funeral can bring the comfort of God's word to those that are grieving. A Bible verse for a funeral can help give hope to those that have just lost a loved one. Check out these 10 Bible verses for funerals

Top 10 Bible verses for Funerals:

#1 Top Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- Eternal life

John 6:35-40 NIV
Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

#2 Top Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- Dwelling in the house of the Lord forever

Psalm 23:1-6 NIV
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

#3 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- Desire to be with Christ

Philippians 1:20-23 NIV
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;

#4 Bible verse for funerals-funeral Bible readings- Rest in the Lord

Psalm 91:1-2 NIV
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."

#5 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- With the Lord forever

1 Thessalonians 4:17 NIV
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

#6 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings - Day of Death better than Day of Birth

Ecclesiastes 7:1 NIV
A good name is better than fine perfume,
and the day of death better than the day of birth.

#7 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- Living with Christ

Romans 6:3-9 NIV
Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin- because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

#8 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- Our Heavenly Dwelling

2 Corinthians 5:1 NIV
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

#9 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- The beginning and the end

Revelation 21:6-7 NIV
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.

#10 Bible verse for funerals- funeral Bible readings- God is with us

Isaiah 41:8-10 NIV
"But you, O Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, 'You are my servant';
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

I pray that these verses will serve as comfort for those grieving for a loved one.