What does the Bible say about death?

Named an enemy, not a friend or a door — and the hope offered is resurrection rather than escape.

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy to be destroyed. The word is enemy.

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.Psalms 23:4

Through the valley — the preposition is the whole verse.

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,Ecclesiastes 3:2

A time to be born and a time to die, listed without comment.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.John 11:25

I am the resurrection and the life, said outside a tomb four days too late.

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,Hebrews 9:27

Appointed once, stated flatly.

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.1 Thessalonians 4:13

Not to grieve as those without hope — which is not the same as not grieving.

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Every passage here is quoted from the Berean Standard Bible and checked against it. The other topics.