What Does the Bible Say About Hell?

“And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”

“And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”

“And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”

“It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.”

“For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. shall burn: or, hath burned shall consume: or, hath consumed”

“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”

“It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? as high: Heb. the heights of heaven”

“O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!”

“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”

“They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. in wealth: or, in mirth”

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. consume: Heb. violently take”

“Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. and the: or, with the inhabitants”

“Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.”

“For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?”

“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”

“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. sorrows: or, cords”

“O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.”

“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”

“Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. silent: or, cut off for”

“Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. beauty: or, strength in the grave from: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them”

“But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. power: Heb. hand the grave: or, hell”

“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. hell: or, the grave”

“For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave”

“For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.”

“Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.”

“What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.”

“The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.”

“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. gat: Heb. found me”

“If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.”

“Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.”

“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”

“Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.”

“Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.”

“A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.”

“For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,”

“To call passengers who go right on their ways:”

“Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,”

“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. eaten: Heb. of secrecies”

“But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.”

“Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?”

“The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.”

“The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”

“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.”

“Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”

“Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. never: Heb. not”

“The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.”

“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”

“Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.”

“Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Hell: or, The grave chief: Heb. leaders, or, great goats”

“Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”

“Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through , it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:”

“And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. trodden: Heb. a treading down to it”

“For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. of old: Heb. from yesterday”

“The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”

“And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. thou: or, thou respectedst”

“I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.”

“They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.”

“The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.”

“And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. with their: Heb. with weapons of their war”

“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. power: Heb. hand”

“Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:”

“And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. by: or, out of mine affliction hell: or, the grave”

“Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: Yea: or, How much more”

“Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Raca: that is, Vain fellow”

“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. offend: or, do cause thee to offend”

“And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”

“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : strait: or, narrow”

“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Because: or, How”

“And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.”

“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”

“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.”

“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”

“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;”

“The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.”

“As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.”

“The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; things: or, scandals”

“And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

“So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,”

“And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Peter: this name signifies a rock”

“Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.”

“And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.”

“And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.”

“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”

“Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”

“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”

“Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.”

“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.”

“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:”

“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”

“But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:”

“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: offend: or, cause thee to offend”

“Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”