Proverbs Bible Verses About Life
August 2, 2024
Short Bible Verses about Nature
August 2, 2024
Hell is one of the most serious topics in the Bible, described as a place of separation from God and eternal judgment. These passages help us understand what Scripture says about hell, while also reminding us of God’s mercy and the hope of salvation through Jesus Christ.
Bible Verses About Hell and Eternal Judgment
Matthew 5:22 (NIV)
“But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.”Matthew 5:29 (NIV)
“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.”Matthew 5:30 (NIV)
“And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”Matthew 7:19 (NIV)
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”Matthew 8:12 (NIV)
“But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 10:28 (NIV)
“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.”Matthew 13:40 (NIV)
“As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.”Matthew 13:42 (NIV)
“They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 13:50 (NIV)
“And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 16:18 (NIV)
“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”Matthew 18:9 (NIV)
“And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”Matthew 23:33 (NIV)
“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?”Mark 9:43 (NIV)
“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.”Mark 9:45 (NIV)
“And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.”Mark 9:47 (NIV)
“And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.”Luke 12:5 (NIV)
“But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.”Luke 16:23 (NIV)
“In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.”Luke 16:24 (NIV)
“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.’”Luke 16:25 (NIV)
“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.’”Luke 16:26 (NIV)
“And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’”John 3:16 (NIV)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”John 3:18 (NIV)
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”Revelation 14:10 (NIV)
“They, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.”Revelation 14:11 (NIV)
“And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”Revelation 19:20 (NIV)
“But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.”Revelation 20:10 (NIV)
“And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”Revelation 20:14 (NIV)
“Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.”Revelation 21:8 (NIV)
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”Matthew 22:13 (NIV)
“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”Matthew 24:51 (NIV)
“He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Luke 13:28 (NIV)
“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.”2 Peter 2:4 (NIV)
“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;”2 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
“If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.”Jude 1:6 (NIV)
“And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.”Jude 1:13 (NIV)
“They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.”Matthew 7:13 (NIV)
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.”Matthew 7:14 (NIV)
“But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”Proverbs 15:24 (NIV)
“The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.”Psalm 9:17 (NIV)
“The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.”Isaiah 5:14 (NIV)
“Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.”Isaiah 14:9 (NIV)
“The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.”Isaiah 66:24 (NIV)
“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”Ezekiel 32:27 (NIV)
“But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised who go down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war— their swords placed under their heads, their shields on their bones, though the terror of the mighty warriors was in the land of the living.”Psalm 55:15 (NIV)
“Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.”Proverbs 7:27 (NIV)
“Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.”Proverbs 9:18 (NIV)
“But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.”Proverbs 23:14 (NIV)
“Punish them with the rod and save them from death.”Job 26:5 (NIV)
“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.”Job 17:16 (NIV)
“Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”Revelation 20:13 (NIV)
“The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.”Revelation 21:1 (NIV)
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”Revelation 21:4 (NIV)
“‘‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’”Revelation 21:7 (NIV)
“Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.”Revelation 21:8 (NIV)
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”Matthew 13:41 (NIV)
“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.”Matthew 13:42 (NIV)
“They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 13:49 (NIV)
“This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous.”Matthew 18:8 (NIV)
“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.”Luke 12:47 (NIV)
“That servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.”Luke 12:48 (NIV)
“But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”Revelation 9:2 (NIV)
“When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.”Revelation 11:7 (NIV)
“Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.”Revelation 17:8 (NIV)
“The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.”Revelation 20:3 (NIV)
“He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.”Revelation 20:7 (NIV)
“When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison.”Revelation 20:8 (NIV)
“And will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.”Revelation 20:9 (NIV)
“They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.”Revelation 20:15 (NIV)
“Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”Revelation 21:1 (NIV)
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”Revelation 21:2 (NIV)
“I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.”Revelation 21:3 (NIV)
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.’”Revelation 21:5 (NIV)
“He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’”Revelation 21:6 (NIV)
“He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.’”Revelation 21:8 (NIV)
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”Revelation 22:14 (NIV)
“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.”Revelation 22:15 (NIV)
“Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.”Revelation 22:18 (NIV)
“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.”Revelation 22:19 (NIV)
“And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.”Matthew 25:30 (NIV)
“And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 25:41 (NIV)
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’”Matthew 25:46 (NIV)
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”Mark 9:48 (NIV)
“‘Where ‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.’”Luke 13:28 (NIV)
“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.”2 Thessalonians 1:9 (NIV)
“They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.”1 Timothy 1:20 (NIV)
“Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.”Hebrews 10:27 (NIV)
“But only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.”1 John 3:8 (NIV)
“The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.”Revelation 2:11 (NIV)
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.”Revelation 20:14 (NIV)
“Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.”Revelation 21:8 (NIV)
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”Revelation 21:27 (NIV)
“Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”
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