What Does The Bible Say About Hell? According to the Christian doctrine, hell as mentioned in the Bible is a place of eternal condemnation or punishment which will serve as a final destination for all unbelievers. Hell is described in the Scripture using several terms such as the “lake of fire,” “outer darkness,” “eternal fire,” “a place of weeping and torment,” “unquenchable fire,” and the “second death.” The Bible clearly teaches the terrifying reality that hell is a place of complete and unending separation from God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth. It is not God’s wish that we end up in Hell. He is merciful and wants us to have everlasting life (2 Peter 3:9). The Bible tells us that God is Love (1 John 4:16).

God is the originator of Love and all His thoughts, words, and actions are fueled by love. Let’s support this by reading from Jeremiah 31:3 – “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.” In addition, the Bible tells us that God does not even enjoy perceiving the death of a wicked person as we can read from Ezekiel 33:11 – “…’As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live…For why should you die, O house of Israel?’” It is for this reason that God Almighty gave His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be sacrificed on the Cross so that anyone who Sincerely Repents, Believes in Him, and obeys His Key Teachings will be given Eternal Life.

What Does The Bible Say About Hell?

What the Scriptures say about Hell

Is Hell a real place?

It is quite interesting that a higher percentage of people believe in the existence of heaven than they believe in the existence of hell. However, this is not how the Bible wants u to perceive this subject matter. In the Bible, Hell is just as real as Heaven. Behold brethren, let no one deceive you for the Scriptures assure us that hell is a real place. Another truth is that hell has no place in God’s original creation, which He referred to as ‘Good’ for the Scriptures say that everything that God created was Good. (Genesis 1). That is why it is important to understand here that Hell was created to accommodate the banishment of Satan and his fallen angels who rebelled against God’s Holy Will (Matthew 24:41). Also note that all human beings who reject Christ will join Satan and his fallen angels in the infernal place of suffering.

The Bible clearly and explicitly teaches that hell is a real place to which the wicked/unbelieving are sent after death. The Scripture says that we have all sinned against God (Romans 3:23). In addition, it says that the just punishment for our sins is death (Romans 6:23). Due to the fact that our sin is against God (Psalm 51:2) who is an infinite and eternal Being, the punishment for sin, death, must also be infinite and eternal. Behold, hell is this infinite and eternal death which we earn from our sins. This is actually what the Bible says about hell.

Description of Hell across the Scriptures

According to what the Bible says about hell, dead in hell is the punishment for the wicked which is described across the Scriptures as “Eternal Fire” (Matthew 25:41),  a place where “the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:44-49), “unquenchable fire” (Matthew 3:12), a place of “torment” and “fire” (Luke 16:23-24), “shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2), a place where “the smoke of torment rises forever and ever” (Revelation 14:10-11), “everlasting destruction” (2 Thessalonians 1:9), and a “lake of burning sulfur” where the wicked are “tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).

It is important to note here that the punishment of the wicked in hell is never ending just as the bliss of the righteous through Christ in heaven. Jesus Christ Himself pointed out to the fact that the punishment in hell is just as everlasting as the life reserved for the faithful and believers in heaven (Matthew 25:46). Hence, we can say without doubt that the wicked are forever subject to the fury and wrath of God. All those in hell will acknowledge the perfect justice of God (Psalm 76:10). In addition, they will come to understand that their punishment is just and that they have only themselves to blame (Deuteronomy 32:3-5). Our of God’s love for mankind, we can escape this eternal punishment in hell through Jesus Christ by accepting Him, believing in Him, and obeying His Teachings.

Terms for Hell in the Bible

1. Sheol

Sheol is a Hebrew word that occurs 65 times in the Old Testament. This Hebrew word is translated into English as “hell,” “death,” “the grave,” and “the pit.” Sheol is the Hebrew word that is used to identify the general abode of the dead, a place were life no longer exists. In line with the Hebrew Bible, Sheol is specifically  “the place of the unrighteous dead:”

The existence of Sheol is supported by many Bible verses about hell, one of which is Psalm 49:13–14 – “This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah. Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.”

2. Hades

Hades is the Greek word translated as “hell” in the New Testament. This Greek term is much similar to Sheol and often associated with a place of torment for the wicked/unbelievers. Hades is described as a prison with gates, bars, and locks, and its location is downward.

One of the best Bible verses about hell that supports the existence of Hades is Acts 2:27–31 – “‘For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.”

3. Gehenna

Gehenna is another Greek word which is originally derived from the “Valley of Hinnom,” and is used in the New Testament to portray “hell.” Gehenna expresses a place of final judgement and eternal punishment for sinners. You might be wondering how it came about and its relationship with the place of punishment. In the Old Testament, the Valley of Hinnon, South of Jerusalem, became a place of pagan sacrifice to the god molech (2 Kings 16:3; 21:6; 23:10). Later, the Jewish people used the valley as dumping grounds for garbage, dead animal carcasses, and even for the execution of criminals. The Bible reports that fires continually burned there to consume the refuse and dead bodies. This is how Gehenna became associated to the place where the wicked suffer after death.

Below are two examples in the Bible where Gehenna is translated as “hell.” Matthew 10:28 – “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 25:41 – “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 …’”

4. Tartarus

Tartarus is another Greek word which is used to portray “hell” or the “lower regions.” Just like Gehenna, Tartarus is a place of eternal punishment for sinners and the wicked. According to the ancient Greeks, Tartarus was the abiding place where rebellious gods, and wicked humans were punished. This word is used just once in the entire New Testament.

Let’s support the existence of Tartarus by reading from 2 Peter 2:4 – “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment …”

What the Bible says about Hell

Behold, Jesus plainly taught about the existence of hell. Up to some extent, we can say that He spoke of hell more often than He did of heaven. There is much that has been said in the Bible about hell and any reasonable Christian must come to terms with the doctrine. Below are some of the key Biblical teachings on hell which are inline with the best Bible verses about hell:

1. Punishment in Hell is Eternal

Daniel 12:2 – “Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.” Isaiah 66:24 – “And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.” Matthew 25:46 – “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Jude 7 – “And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.”

Mark 9:43 – “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands.” Revelation 14:11 – “And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

2. Hell is a place of Eternal Separation from God

2 Thessalonians 1:9 – “They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.”

3. Hell is a place of Fire

Matthew 13:41–42 – “The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 3:12 – “His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” Revelation 20:15 – “And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.” Matthew 13:50 – “... throwing the wicked into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

4. The wise will avoid Hell

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

5. Hell is for the Wicked

Psalm 9:17 – “The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.”

6. We can endeavor to save others from hell

Jude 23 – “Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.” Proverbs 23:14 – “Physical discipline may well save them from death.”

7. The Beast, Devil, False Prophet, and demons will be all thrown into hell:

Revelation 19:20 – “And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.” Matthew 25:41 – “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.’ ” Revelation 20:10 – “… and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”

8. Hell has no power over the Church of Jesus Christ

Revelation 20:6 – “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.” Matthew 16:18 – “Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.”

Questions And Answers About Hell

1. Who was hell created for?

The Bible clearly answers this question. Let’s get the answer from Matthew 25:41 –  “Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” On the other hand, Matthew 25:33-34 says that those who chose to follow Christ will “inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” It is important to understand here that the original purpose of hell and its fire was to ultimately destroy Satan, Sin, and the Fallen Angels. This cleaning of fire is that which will make away with the tears of those who are saved.

2. Is hell burning right now in the center of the Earth?

We frequently hear people asking questions like, “Are there people suffering in hell right now?” Let’s get a picture of hell and when it’s fires will burn by reading from Job 21:30-32 – “For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; they shall be brought out on the day of wrath.” Following this text together with that from Apostle Peter (2 Peter 3:7), we can say with some degree of certainty that hell is not burning now, but will burn in the future at God’s time after the wicked must have been brought ought of their graves, judged, and condemned on the day of wrath.

We can also get the same message by reading from John 5:28-29 – “Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.” This is an additional outline that the time is coming in the future, but it is not yet, when final condemnation and destruction will take place. This is an indication that not one person is currently burning in hell at the moment. However, all the death and those still alive are awaiting for judgement. Those found worthy will be send into God’s presence while those judged and found guilty will be send into the fires of hell.

3. Are people suffering in hell right now?

In line with the Scriptures from Job 21:30-32 and John 5:28-29, we can say that the dead are reserved for judgement. They await judgement just like the Devil and the fallen angels. It is after judgement that the righteous shall be separated from the wicked and each and everyone rewarded accordingly. The righteous in Christ will see God while the wicked will be cast into the lake of fire together with Satan and the fallen angels.

4. Where is hell located?

Although we cannot give a clear answer to this question, the Bible gives us some elements of knowledge. John 5:29 tells us that the resurrection of the righteous will be unto everlasting life, while the resurrection of the wicked will be unto condemnation and the wrath of God. This very message is portrayed in Revelation 20:5 concerning the resurrection of the wicked from their graves. Revelation 20:4-6 clearly and explicitly talks about the resurrection of the righteous. It is said that when the wicked will resurrect and cover the face of the earth, the devil will convince them to attack the beloved city of God. It is at that time that fire will come down from Heaven and destroy both Satan, the wicked, and the fallen angels.

Let’s further support our message by reading from 2 Peter 3:10 –  “…the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.”

5. Is the Devil in-charge of Hell?

No, the Devil is not in charge of hell, but he is actually thrown into Hell or the Lake of Fire according to Revelation 20:10. Behold, Satan is not the one who sends down hellfire unto the wicked who surround the camp and the beloved city. If the Devil was in charge, he could keep himself out of the burning fire together with its consequences.

6. What happens to the wicked in Hell?

According to many Bible verses about hell, the wicked are tormented day and night by the everlasting flames of fire.

7. Will the fires of hell go out or burn forever?

Behold, on the face of the Earth, there will be utter-destruction. You can be sure that nothing with the taint of sin will go safely. Let’s read from 2 Peter 3:10 – “both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” Prophet Isaiah describes the everlasting fire that burns in hell with the following words “Behold, they [the wicked] shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it” (Isaiah 47:14). The fire will be just so complete that it will burn itself out not living behind even a single glowing coal.

8. What is the purpose of Hell?

One might likely ask the question, but why would God allow all these destruction to come true? In 2 Peter 3:10-14, we clearly hear Apostle Paul inviting us to go after a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness is the light that shines among men because our current earth which is on fire will melt. It is important to understand here that the fire purifies the earth and establishes a place of righteousness for the saved in Christ to dwell. Let’s also read from Isaiah 65:17 – “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.”

Apostle John clearly describes this righteous place in Revelation 21:1-5 – “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away…Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’”

9. Why is hell and its destructive forces necessary?

You might be wondering why hell and its destructive forces are necessary. It is simply because, the cleansing fire brings a compete eradication of sin. Let’s support this point by reading from Ezekiel 28:18-19 – “Therefore I brought fire from your midst; it devoured you, and I turned you to ashes upon the earth…And [you] shall be no more forever.” In Nahum 1:9, we are told that sin will be eradicated through the burning of Satan, fallen angels, and wicked people.

10. How can I avoid Hell?

John 3:16 – “For God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life.” It is by welcoming Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came with a Life-Giving Message of Repentance and Faithfulness to God that we can avoid the Fire of Hell and given Eternal Life.

Facts About Hell in the Bible

1. Eternity

• Everyone will exist eternally either in heaven or hell (Revelation 20:14,15; Matthew 25:46; Daniel 12:2,3; John 5:28).
• Heaven or hell is determined by whether a person believes (puts their trust) in Christ alone to save them (John 3:16, 36, etc.).
• Everyone has only one life in which to determine their destiny (Hebrews 9:27).

2. Key Biblical passages about Hell

• Hell was designed originally for Satan and his demons (Revelation 20:10; Matthew 25:41).
• Hell will also punish the sin of those who reject Christ (Revelation 20:11-15; 21:8; Matthew 13:41,50).
• Hell is conscious torment “where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:48).
• Those in hell are tormented with fire and brimstone (Revelation 14:10).
• Hell is a furnace of fire where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50).

3. Hell is Eternal and Irreversible

• Revelation 20:14 – “This is the second death, the lake of fire.”
• “The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever and they have no rest day and night.” (Revelation 14:11)
• Revelation 20:15 “If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”

4. Erroneous views of Hell

• The second chance view – After death there is still a way to escape hell. The Bible speaks against this in Hebrews 9:27 – “It is appointed unto men once to die and after that the judgment”.
• Universalism – All are eternally saved. The Bible speaks against this in John 3:16;3:36. He who accepts Christ has life, he who does not will perish.
• Annihilationism – Hell means a person dies like an animal – ceases to exist. The Bible also speaks against such false teachings that reject the resurrection of the death as mentioned in John 5:28 as well as the conscious torment that awaits the wicked.

5. Objections to the Biblical view of hell

• One might say that a loving God will not send people to a horrible hell. But you must understand that God is just and under His reign, all must answer for their thoughts, words, and actions (Romans 2:11).
• Another person might say that hell is too severe a punishment for man’s sins. It is important to understand here that God is Holy and Perfect. His ways are always right (1 Peter 1:14,15). And because sin opposes His Holy Nature, it can’t go unpunished or dwell in His presence.

6. Biblical terms describing where the dead are

• Sheol – a Hebrew term simply describing “the grave” or “death” – Does not refer to “hell” specifically
• Gehenna – A Greek term (borrowed from a literal burning dump near Jerusalem) that always refers to hell – a place of torment (Matthew 5:30; 23:33)
• Hades – A Greek term that usually refers to hell – a place of torment (Luke 10:15; 16:23, etc.)
• “Lake of fire”- the final abode of unbelievers after they are resurrected (Revelation 20:14,15)
• “Paradise” – (Luke 23:43) a place of eternal comfort
• “Abraham’s bosom” – (Luke 16:22) a place of eternal comfort
• “With the Lord” – a key phrase describes where church age believers are after death (Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 5:8)
• “New heavens and earth” – where believers will be after they are resurrected (Revelation 20:4-6; 21:1-4)

What The Bible Says About Hell

Romans 8:1-2 – “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.”

Matthew 5:29 – “If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.”

Luke 16:23-24 – “In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’”

Romans 2:12 – “All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.”

Psalm 139:7-8 – “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.“

Matthew 10:28 – “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”

Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Group 1 – What The Bible Says About Hell Fire

Revelation 20:10 – “And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”

Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Matthew 10:28 – “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.“

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

Revelation 21:8 – “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 14:11 – “And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

Matthew 25:41 – “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”

Matthew 5:22 – “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.”

Revelation 20:15 – “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”

Group 2 – What The Bible Says About Hell Fire

Jude 1:7 – “Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.”

2 Peter 2:4 – “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;”

2 Thessalonians 1:9 – “They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,”

Matthew 13:50 – “And throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 23:33 – “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?”

John 3:16-18 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

Revelation 20:14 – “Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.”

Group 3 – What The Bible Says About Hell Fire

Matthew 5:29 – “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.”

Revelation 19:20 – “And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.”

Mark 9:43 – “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.”

Mark 9:48 – “‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’”

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Mark 9:43-48 – “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’”

Group 4 – What The Bible Says About Hell Fire

Luke 16:23 – “And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.”

Luke 16:19-31 – “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. …”

Matthew 3:12 – “His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Acts 2:27 – “For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.”

Matthew 5:30 – “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.”

Luke 12:5 – “But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!”

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

Group 5 – What The Bible Says About Hell Fire

2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”

Acts 2:31 – “He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.“

Matthew 16:18 – “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Psalm 16:10 – “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.”

John 3:36 – “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Hebrews 9:27 – “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,“

Matthew 18:9 – “And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.”

Matthew 13:42 – “And throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Proverbs 15:24 – “The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.”

Revelation 1:18 – “And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”

Psalm 9:17 – “The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.”

Matthew 8:12 – “While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Group 6 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Matthew 7:21-23 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”

Matthew 13:41-42 – “The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Psalm 145:20 – “The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.”

Revelation 20:1-15 – “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. ...”

Group 7 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Jude 1:13 – “Wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.”

Matthew 7:13 – “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.”

Luke 10:15 – “And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.”

Matthew 7:13-14 – “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

Hebrews 10:26-31 – “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” …”

Group 8 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Matthew 18:8 – “And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.”

Revelation 20:13-15 – “And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”

Proverbs 23:14 – “If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.”

Revelation 20:14-15 – “Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”

Luke 23:43 – And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

John 5:29 – “And come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”

Ecclesiastes 9:5 – “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.”

Group 9 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Psalm 86:13 – “For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.”

Proverbs 9:18 – “But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.“

Revelation 20:6 – “Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.”

Revelation 14:10 – “He also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.”

Luke 3:17 – “His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Isaiah 66:24 – “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

Psalm 139:8 – “If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!”

Matthew 24:51 – “And will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Proverbs 15:11 – “Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the children of man!”

Group 10 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Jude 1:12-13 – “These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.”

Matthew 5:29-30 – “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.”

Ezekiel 31:17 – “They also went down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were its arm, who lived under its shadow among the nations.”

John 5:28-29 – “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”

James 3:6 – “And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.”

Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Group 11 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Matthew 11:23 – “And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.”

Isaiah 5:14 – “Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.”

Ezekiel 18:4 – “Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.”

Ezekiel 18:20 – “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.”

Matthew 23:15 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.”

Numbers 16:33 – “So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.”

John 5:28 – “Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice.”

Luke 16:24 – “And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’”

Group 12 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Revelation 1:1-20 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. ...”

Isaiah 14:9 – “Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.”

Acts 24:15 – “Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10 – “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.”

Group 13

Psalm 146:4 – “When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.”

Isaiah 47:14 – “Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!”

Jeremiah 7:31 – “And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.”

Psalm 37:20 – “But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.”

Revelation 20:13-14 – “And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.”

Group 14 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

2 Peter 2:17 – “These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.”

John 3:13 – “No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.”

1 John 4:8 – “Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

Revelation 20:12-13 – “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.”

Group 15 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Proverbs 27:20 – “Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.”

2 Peter 2:17 – “These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.”

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 – “In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,”

John 3:16-17 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.“

Mark 9:47 – “And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,”

2 Samuel 22:5-6 – “For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me; the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.”

Group 16 – What Does The Bible Say About Hell Fire?

Revelation 20:4-6 – “Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.”

Revelation 2:11 – “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’”

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