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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 07/28/2021
Hell Bible Verses

What does the Bible say about Hell? - Top Scripture Quotes

"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 21:8

"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 10:28

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

There are many verses that discuss the subject of hell, for it is not a place where anyone wants to spend eternity, so it is important for Christians to know the Scriptures describing this horrible place.

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Browse more Bible verses about hell in the collection of scripture quotes below:

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Revelation 21:8

8 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.”
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Matthew 25:46

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
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Psalms 9:17

17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
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2 Thessalonians 1:9

9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might
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Matthew 13:50

50 and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Acts 2:27

27 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
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Mark 9:43

43 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.
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Jude 1:7

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
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Proverbs 15:24

24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
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Proverbs 23:14

14 Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
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Matthew 13:42

42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 25:41

41 “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.
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Revelation 19:20

20 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.
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Proverbs 15:11

11 Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD— how much more do human hearts!
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Matthew 16:19

19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will bebound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will beloosed in heaven.”
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2 Peter 2:4

4 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;
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Revelation 20:13-14

13 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.
14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
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Matthew 10:28

Matthew 10:28
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.
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Ezekiel 18:20

20 The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
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