70+ Bible Verses about Death of a Child

“Then Samuel called on the LORD, and that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the LORD and of Samuel.”

We spoke to the infant while he was still alive, but he did not respond to our voice. How can we then inform him that the infant is no longer alive because he could kill himself?

“During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him.”

Because she slept on it, this woman’s son died in the middle of the night.

“As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.”

But now that he’s gone, why then should I fast? Can he be brought back? I am ready to go, find him but he won’t come to me.

“Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.”

“Do not let me witness the kid die,” she pleaded as she sat down beside him, about a bowshot away. And she sat across from him, sobbing and raising her voice.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.”

A brother would sell his sibling to death, just as a father would betray his child, and children would revolt against their family and have them slain.

“Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the youths from the public squares.”

Because death has invaded our castles via our windows. To remove children from the streets and young men from municipal squares.

“I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.”

So I will kill her kids with plague, and all the nations will know because I am He who examines the hearts and thoughts, so I will deliver to each of you according to your actions.

“As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.”

Now get up and go to your residence. The infant will perish when your footsteps enter the city.

“Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each of you will die for your own sin.”

Parents will not be punished for their sons’ faults, nor sons for their fathers’ sins; everyone will be punished for his fault.

“If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him.”

If any man has a difficult and disobedient son who would not follow his father or mother and would not even listen to them when they scold him. 

“Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.”

You fasted and cried while the infant was alive, but when the baby had died, you awoke and ate food.

“Solomon had four thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.”

Please hurry to meet her and ask her, ‘How are you?’ Is everything going okay with your husband? ‘Is everything all right with the child?'” “It is well,” she said.

“Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.”

Punish your son when there is still a chance, but do not wish for his death. 

“He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.”

When Elisha entered the house, he saw the kid dead on his bed. 

“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Truly, I tell you, some among you will not die unless they see the Man appear in His kingdom.

He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”

And when He entered, He said to them, “Why to cause a ruckus and weep?” “The youngster has not dead; rather, he is sleeping.”

“He said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.”

“Leave; the lady has not passed but is sleeping,” he remarked. And they started laughing at Him.

“As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.”

“Do not be scared, for you have delivered birth to a son,” the ladies who stayed by her stated around the moment of her death. But, she did not pay any heed.

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.”

“Teacher,” he inquired, “Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having offspring, his brother as the next of blood shall join his wife and raise kids for his brother.”

“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?”

This distinguishes between the sons of God and the descendants of the devil: anybody who does not exercise holiness is not of Christ, nor is anyone that doesn’t respect his brother.

“The next morning, I got up to nurse my son – and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t the son I had borne.”

When I arose in the morning to feed my kid, he was lifeless; nevertheless, when I inspected him attentively, he was not my successor, whom I had borne.”

“In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.”

As a result, none of the seven had children. Last but not least, the woman died.

“The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.”

He sat on his mother’s lap till noon when he died.

“Do not withhold discipline from children; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.”

Do not withhold discipline from the kid; even if you hit him with the whip, he will not die.

“A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.”

If a guy bears a hundred kids and lives for many years, however many, but his spirit is unsatisfied with enjoyable things, and he does not have a suitable burial, I say, “Better the miscarriage than he.”

“For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!”

“For I have no delight in anyone’s death,” says the Lord God. “As a result, repent and live.”

And said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”

“Rise, take the Kid and His mother, and travel into the state of Israel; for those who desired the Child’s life have perished.”

“Punish them with the rod and save them from death.”

You must hit him with the rod to save his soul from Sheol.

“So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath.”

As a result, Rachel died and was buried while traveling to Ephrath.

“Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.”

There were now seven brothers, and the first married but died childlessly. 

“Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.”

And all the firstborn in Egypt must perish, from the offspring of the Pharaoh who sits on his palace to the offspring of the girl who is behind the millstones, as well as all the livestock.

“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.”

He who assaults his father or mother will undoubtedly be executed.

“As she breathed her last – for she was dying – she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.”

She named him Ben-oni as her spirit was going (because she died), but his father renamed him Benjamin.

“And free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”

It may set free individuals who have been enslaved their entire lives due to fear of death.

When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”

When He heard this, He responded, “This disease is not for death, but the power of God, so that the Messiah may be exalted by it.”

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Because the old order of things has gone away, there will be no more death, sorrow, weeping, or suffering.

“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.”

We don’t would like you to be uninformed of those who sleep in death, so you don’t cry such as the rest of mankind, who has no hope.

“We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.”

Because we think that Christ died and rose again, we think God will bring those who have gone to sleep in him with him.

“According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.”

We tell you, per the King’s teaching, that those who’re still living and will be present until the Lord’s return will not undoubtedly advance those who have gone asleep.

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.”

For the King himself will come from heavens with a loud proclamation, an archangel’s shout, and the noise of God’s horn, and the buried in Jesus will rise first.

“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.”

Following that, individuals who are still alive and remain will be carried up into the sky to meet the King in the air. As a result, we shall spend eternity with the Lord.

“Therefore encourage one another with these words.”

As a result, use these remarks to encourage one another.

“If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

If a guy has sexual contact with another male in the same way as a woman does with another female, all of them have done something bad. They are to be executed, and their bloodshed will be on their respective heads.

“In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.”

Similarly, males abandoned natural relationships with women and became enamored with one another. 

“Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.”

Even Elizabeth, your cousin, will have a child in her old age, and she is already in her sixth month, although she was thought to be infertile.

“If anyone causes one of these little ones – those who believe in me – to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.”

If someone causes one of these tiny ones that believe in me—to stumble, a heavy millstone should be slung around their neck, and they should be tossed into the sea.

“In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.”

Similarly, Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as the neighboring cities, succumbed to sexual immorality and depravity. 

“If people are fighting and a pregnant woman is hit and gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows.”

If two persons are bickering and one of them slaps a pregnant woman, causing her to give birth prematurely but causing no serious injury, the perpetrator must pay whichever the woman’s husband demands and the court permits.

“The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.” 

Because they had revolted against their God, the inhabitants of Samaria must pay their sins. They will be slain by the sword, their infants shoved to the floor, and their expectant mothers ripped apart.

To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

“I will make your childbearing pangs exceedingly intense,” he stated to the woman, “and you will deliver birth to children via difficult labor.” Your passion is for your husband, and he will be in charge of you.”

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, albeit little among the clans of Judah, will provide for me one who will be king over Israel, whose roots date back to ancient times.

“He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.”

He was deceitful to our people and oppressive to our forefathers, forcing them to throw away their newborn kids so they would die.