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