Some suggested Bible Readings for Funerals:
| OLD TESTAMENT | ||
| Psalm 23 | The Lord is my shepherd | |
| Psalm 46 | God is our refuge and strength | |
| Psalm 90 | Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations | |
| Psalm 121 | I lift up my eyes to the hills | |
| Psalm 130 | Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord | |
| Psalm 139: 1 - 18 | O Lord, you have searched me and known me | |
| Isaiah 25: 6a, 7 - 9 | The Lord will wipe tears from all faces | |
| Isaiah 46: 3 - 4 | Even to your old age I am he | |
| Isaiah 61: 1 - 3 | A garland instead of ashes | |
Lamentations 3: 22-26, 31-33 |
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases | |
| NEW TESTAMENT | ||
| Matthew 11: 25 - 30 | Come to me all who labour and carry heavy burdens | |
| Mark 5: 21 - 24, 35 - 42a | Jairus'daughter | |
| Mark 10: 13 - 16 | The kingdom of God belongs to such as these | |
| John 5: 21 - 25 | The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God | |
| John 6: 37 - 40 | I will raise them up on the last day | |
| John 14: 1 - 6 (7 - 9) | I am preparing a place for you | |
| John 19: 25 - 30 | This is your son; this is your mother | |
| Romans 6: 3 - 8 | If we have been united with Christ in a death like his | |
| Romans 8: 31b - 35, 37 - 39 | Nothing is able to separate us from the love of God | |
| 1 Corinthians 15: 20-22, 51-58 | The spiritual body | |
| 2 Corinthians 4: 13 - 1 | The one who raised Jesus from the dead will raise us | |
| 1 Peter 1: 3 - 9 | A new birth into a living hope | |
| Revelation 7: 9 - 17 | The song of the martyrs | |
| Revelation 21: 1 - 7 | Death will be no more | |