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Want to know what the Bible says about Burial? Here are 111 Bible verses about Burial 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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1 Kings 11:15 NIV
Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.
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Ezekiel 39:11-14 NIV
11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.
12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.
“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search.
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2 Samuel 2:5 NIV
he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The Lord bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him.
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Genesis 23:19 NIV
Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron ) in the land of Canaan.
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Isaiah 22:16 NIV
What are you doing here and who gave you permission
    to cut out a grave for yourself here,
hewing your grave on the height
    and chiseling your resting place in the rock?
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Matthew 27:60 NIV
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
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2 Kings 21:18 NIV
Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
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2 Kings 21:26 NIV
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.
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Genesis 35:8 NIV
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.
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1 Samuel 31:13 NIV
Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
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