What does the Bible say about cremation?

15 verses about cremation, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about cremation

Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 15 votes
1 Samuel 31:12 — All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 12 votes
1 Corinthians 13:3 — And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 10 votes
Joshua 7:25 — And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 7 votes
Amos 2:1 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 6 votes
2 Corinthians 5:1 — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 5 votes
2 Kings 23:17 — Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 3 votes
2 Chronicles 16:13 — And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 3 votes
Romans 8:38 — For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 3 votes
Philippians 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. 3 votes
Job 34:14 — If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 12:7 — Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 2 votes
Mark 13:27 — And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 2 votes
John 19:41 — Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 15:42 — So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 2 votes

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1 Corinthians (2), Genesis (1), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Amos (1), Mark (1), John (1), Romans (1) and 2 more

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