Here is a selection of scriptures that are available for funerals.
1. 2 Maccabees 12:43-46 "...he made atonement for the dead..."
2. Job 19:1, 23-27 "...I know that my Vindicator lives....
3. Wisdom 3:1-9 "...The souls of the just are in the hand of God..."
4. Wisdom 4:7-15 "...The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest..."
5. Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9 "...he will destroy death forever..."
6. Lamentations 3:17-26 "...My portion is the Lord, says my soul..." 789,5
7. Daniel 12:1-3 "...the wise shall shine brightly..."
Other Old Testament Readings:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 "...A time to be born, a time to die..."
Song of Solomon 2:8-14 "...Arise my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!..."
Isaiah 35:1-10 "...Here is your God, he comes with vindication..."
Isaiah 40:1-11 "Comfort...to my people..."
Isaiah 40:25-31 "...Though youths stagger and fall...they will soar..."
Jeremiah 17:5-10 "...I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart..."
Sirach 1:1-8 "All wisdom fomes from the Lord..."
New Testament Readings
1. Romans 5:1-5 "...We know that affliction makes for endurance..."
2. Romans 5:17-21 "Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more"
3. Romans 6:3-9 Long Form and Romans 6:3-4,8-9 Long Form "We too might live in newness of life"
4. Romans 8:14-23 " We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies"
5. Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 "What will separate us from the love of Christ?"
6. Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12 "Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's"
7. I Corinthians 15:20-28 Long Form and 15:20-23 Short Form "So too in Christ shall all be brought to life"
8. I Corinthians 15:51-57 "Death is swallowed up in victory"
9. 2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1 "What is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal"
10. 2 Corinthians5:1, 6-10 "We have a building from God, eternal in heaven"
11. Philippians3:20-21 "He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory"
12. I Thessalonians 4:13-18 "Thus we shall always be with the Lord"
13. 2 Timothy 2:8-13 "If we have died with him we shall also live with him"
14. I John 3:1-2 "We shall see him as he is"
15. I John 3:14-16 "We know that we have passed form death to life because we love our brothers"
Gospel
1. Matthew 5:1-12a "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven"
2. Matthew 11:25-30 "Come to me and I will give you rest"
3. Matthew 25:1-13 "Behold and bridegroom! Come out to him"
4. Matthew 25:31-46 "Come, you who are blessed by my Father"
5. Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 Long form and Mark 15:33-39 Short form "Jesus gave a loud cry adn breathed his last"
6. Luke 7:11-17 "Young man, I tell you, arise!"
7. Luke 12:35-40 "You laso must be prepared"
8. Luke 23:33, 39-43 "Today you will be with me in paradise"
9. Luke 23:44-46, 50,52-53; 24:1-6a Long form and Luke 23:44-46,50,52-53 Short form "Father,into your hands I commend my spirit"
10. Luke 24:13-35 Long form and Luke 24:13-16, 28-35 Short form "Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
11. John 5:24-29 "Whoever hears my word and believes has passed from death to life"
12. John 6:37-40 "Everyone who sees the son and believes in Him may have eternal life and I shall raise him on the last day"
13. John 6:51-59 " Whoever eats this bread will ive forever, and I will raise them up on the last day"
14. John 11:17-27 Long form and John 11:21-27 Short form " I am the resurrection and the life"
15. John 11:32-45 "Lazarus, come out"
16. John 12:23-28 Long form and John 12:23-26 Short form "If it dies, it produces much fruit"
17. John 14:1-6 "In my Father's house there are many dwellings"
18. John 17:24-26 "I wish that where I am they also may be with me"
19. John 19:17-18, 25-39 " And downing his head he handed over his spirit"