Sheol

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.Yes, I tell you, fear him.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, — read the full passage →

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire.

“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”

The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah. — read the full passage →

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. — read the full passage →

And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, — read the full passage →

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.” — read the full passage →

He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech; which I didn’t command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. — read the full passage →

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. — read the full passage →

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. — read the full passage →

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. — read the full passage →

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’