Nave’s Topical Bible
Hell
95 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(In the KJV this word occurs in O. T. Scriptures, cited below, and is the translation of the Hebrew word "sheol," which signifies the unseen state)
- In the RSV of O. T. it appears only in
Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 14:9,15; Isaiah 28:15,18; Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 31:16-17; Ezekiel 32:21,27; Amos 9:2; Jonah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:5
- In the RSV, "sheol" is translated "lowest pit"
- And it is translated "pit" in
- In the RSV the word "Sheol" itself occurs in the following Scriptures
2 Samuel 22:6; Job 11:8; Job 26:6; Psalms 9:17; Psalms 16:10; Psalms 18:5; Psalms 116:3; Psalms 139:8; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 7:27; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 15:11,24; Proverbs 23:14; Proverbs 27:20
- "Sheol" is translated "grave" in KJV in
Genesis 37:35; Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29,31; 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 2:6; 1 Kings 9; Job 7:9; Job 14:13; Job 17:13; Job 21:13; Job 24:19; Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:3; Psalms 31:17; Psalms 49:14-15; Psalms 88:3; Psalms 89:48; Psalms 141:7; Proverbs 1:12; Proverbs 30:16; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Song of Songs 8:6; Hosea 13:14
- In the RSV the Greek word "gehenna" is translated "hell" in The following scriptures
Matthew 5:22,29-30; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 18:9; Matthew 23:15,33; Mark 9:43,45,47; Luke 12:5; James 3:6
- The RSV has introduced "Hades," the word found in the Greek Text, which signifies the unseen world, in the following Scriptures
Matthew 11:23; Matthew 16:18; Luke 10:15; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27,31; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13-14
- THE FUTURE HOME OF THE WICKED
Psalms 9:17; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:13,15-18; Proverbs 15:24; Proverbs 23:13-14; Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 33:14; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 5:29-30; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 8:11-12; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 13:30,38-42,49-50; Matthew 16:18; Matthew 18:8-9,34-35; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 25:28-30,41,46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 3:17; Luke 16:23-26,28; Acts 1:25; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6-23; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 9:1-2; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 14:10-11; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10,15; Revelation 21:8
Bible verses about “Hell”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore 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.
- Isaiah 14:9Hell 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.
- Isaiah 14:15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
- Isaiah 28:15Because 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:
- Isaiah 28:18And 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.
- Isaiah 57:9And 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.
- Ezekiel 31:16I 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.
- Ezekiel 31:17They 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.
- Ezekiel 32:21The 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.
- Ezekiel 32:27And 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.
- Amos 9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- Jonah 2:2And 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.
- Habakkuk 2:5Yea 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:
- Deuteronomy 32:22For 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.
- Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Psalms 55:15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
- 2 Samuel 22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- Job 11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
- Job 26:6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Psalms 18:5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
- Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Proverbs 15:11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
- Proverbs 15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
- Proverbs 23:14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
- Proverbs 27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Genesis 37:35And 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.
- Genesis 42:38And 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.
- Genesis 44:29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 44:31It 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.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
- 1 Kings 2:6Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- Job 7:9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
- Job 14:13O 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!
- Job 17:13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.