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Hell

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Hell

25 verses11 books6 themes

Hell

The biblical teaching on eternal separation from God.

A study on what the Bible teaches about hell, Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, and the lake of fire — the reality of eternal judgment and separation from God.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Old Testament

Psalms

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Psalms 9:17
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The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Proverbs

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Proverbs 15:11
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Hell and Destruction are before the Lord; so how much more the hearts of the sons of men.

Proverbs 15:24
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The way of life winds upward for the wise, that he may turn away from hell below.

Isaiah

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Isaiah 14:15
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Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Isaiah 66:24
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And they shall go forth and look upon the corpses of the men who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, and their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

Daniel

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Daniel 12:2
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And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt.

New Testament

Matthew

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Matthew 5:22
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But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Raca! shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, You fool! shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 5:29
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If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Matthew 10:28
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And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 13:42
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and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:50
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and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:41
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Then He will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46
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And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Mark

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Mark 9:43
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If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched.

Mark 9:48
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where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.

Luke

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Luke 12:5
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But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

Luke 16:23
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And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

2 Thessalonians

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2 Thessalonians 1:9
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These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power.

Hebrews

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Hebrews 10:31
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Jude

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Jude 1:7
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as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Jude 1:13
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raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

Revelation

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Revelation 20:10
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The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:14
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Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:15
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And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 21:8
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But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Thematic Index

The Reality of Hell

Gehenna — the Fire That Is Not Quenched

Hades and Sheol

The Lake of Fire

Eternal Punishment

Jesus Warns About Hell

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.