Funeral Verses & Written Content Readings and Quotes for Funerals

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. …

I may speak in tongues of men or of angels, but if I have no love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. …

Listen, I will unfold a mystery: we shall not all die, but we shall all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an …

We wish you not to remain in ignorance, friends, about those who sleep in death; you should not grieve like the rest of mankind, who …

No wonder we do not lose heart! Though our outward humanity is in decay, yet day by day we are inwardly renewed. Our troubles are …

<p style="text-align: left;">I have run the great race, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. And now there awaits me the garland …

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam and for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to the world.  But then it flies …

I will lend you, for a little time, A child of mine, He said. For you to love the while he lives, And mourn for …

I took up a handful of grain and let it slip flowing through my fingers, and I said to myself; this is what it is …

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his …

Before the sublime mystery of life and spirit, the mystery of infinite space and endless time, we stand in reverent awe…This much we know: we …

<span style="font-family: montserrat, sans-serif;">You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. …

<p style="text-align: center;">Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I have yet …

I did not die young.  I lived my span of life within your body and within your love.  There are many that have …

Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as …

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. …

<p style="text-align: left;">For everything its season, and for every activity under heaven its time: <p style="text-align: left;">a time to be born and a time …

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall …

One night a man had a dream.  He dreamt that he was walking along a beach with the Lord.  Across the sky flashed the scenes …

"Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world." …

<div class="page" title="Page 2"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> I am standing upon the seashore. A ship …

"I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens." …

I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation. …

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The …

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." …

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. …

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will prepare a banquet of rich fare for all the peoples, a banquet of wines well matured, richest …

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to announce good news to the …

Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people—they always go away, sooner or later. You can’t hold them, any more than you can hold …

'Set your troubled hearts at rest. Trust in God always; trust also in me. There are many dwelling-places in my Father's house; if it were …

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, in order that everyone who has …

Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never …

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order. …

You don't move on after loss, but you must move <em>with</em>. You must shake hands with grief, welcome her in, for she lives with you …

Love like ours never dies. …

They brought children for him to touch. The disciples rebuked them, but when Jesus saw it he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the …

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ He called a child, set him …

Does love wear out” said Small, “does it break or bend? Can you fix it, stick it, does it mend?” Oh help,” said Large “I’m …

One day at a time; this is enough.  Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be …

Our revels are now ended: these our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like …

I see myself now at the end of my journey; my toilsome days are ended.  I am going now to see that head that was …

If I lift up my eyes to the hills, where shall I find help? My help comes only from the LORD, maker of heaven and …

Where can I escape from your spirit, where flee from your presence? If I climb up to heaven, you are there; if I make my …

The LORD is my shepherd; I lack for nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me to water where I may …

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had vanished, and there was no longer any …

Then what can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or hardship? Can persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger or sword? ...throughout it all, overwhelming …

"Some are bound to die young.  By dying young a person stays young in people’s memory.  If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness …

And when the stream that overflows has passed, a consciousness remains upon the silent shore of memory; images and precious thoughts that shall not be …

People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travellers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still …

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the …

Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow. And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from …

You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose …

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, …

To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die. …

"To the well organised mind, death is but the next great adventure." …

If I should die and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep. …

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you …

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." …