Isaiah 5:14
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14 Therefore Sheol has (A)enlarged its appetite
and opened (B)its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[a] and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who (C)exults in her.
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- Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew her nobility
Habakkuk 2:5
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5 “Moreover, wine[a] is (A)a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death (B)he has never enough.
(C)He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
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- Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
- Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
Proverbs 30:16
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16 (A)Sheol, (B)the barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
Matthew 7:13
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13 (A)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
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- Matthew 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy
Proverbs 27:20
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Psalm 55:15
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15 Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol (A)alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
Revelation 20:13-15
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13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, (A)Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, (B)according to what they had done. 14 Then (C)Death and Hades (D)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is (E)the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, (F)he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Isaiah 30:33
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33 For (A)a burning place[a] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, (B)its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; (C)the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
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- Isaiah 30:33 Or For Topheth
Isaiah 14:9
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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.
Numbers 16:30-34
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30 But if the Lord creates something new, and (A)the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (B)go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”
31 (C)And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. 32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (D)all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. 33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and (E)they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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Acts 12:21-23
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21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. 22 And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
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Luke 17:27
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27 (A)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Luke 16:20-23
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20 And at his gate (A)was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with (B)what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by (C)the angels (D)to Abraham's side.[a] The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in (E)Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and (F)saw Abraham far off and Lazarus (G)at his side.
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- Luke 16:22 Greek bosom; also verse 23
Luke 12:19-20
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Ezekiel 32:18-30
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18 (A)“Son of man, (B)wail over (C)the multitude of Egypt, and (D)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, (E)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
20 They shall fall amid those (H)who are slain by the sword. Egypt[a] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and (I)all her multitudes. 21 The mighty chiefs (J)shall speak of them, (K)with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, (L)the uncircumcised, (M)slain by the sword.’
22 (N)“Assyria is there, and all her company, (O)its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, 23 whose graves are set in (P)the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, (Q)who spread terror (R)in the land of the living.
24 (S)“Elam is (T)there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them (U)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into (V)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and (W)they bear their shame (X)with those who go down to the pit. 25 (Y)They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, (Z)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the slain.
26 (AA)“Meshech-Tubal is (AB)there, and all her multitude, (AC)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living. 27 And (AD)they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living. 28 But as for you, you shall be broken (AE)and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.
29 (AF)“Edom is (AG)there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.
30 “The princes (AH)of the north are there, all of them, and all the (AI)Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, (AJ)for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and (AK)bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
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- Ezekiel 32:20 Hebrew She
Isaiah 21:4
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4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
(A)the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
Proverbs 1:12
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Psalm 49:14
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14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright (A)shall rule over them in the morning.
(B)Their form shall be consumed (C)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
Daniel 5:30
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30 (A)That very night (B)Belshazzar the (C)Chaldean king was killed.
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Daniel 5:3-6
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3 Then they brought in (A)the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine and (B)praised the (C)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
5 (D)Immediately (E)the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw (F)the hand as it wrote. 6 (G)Then the king's color changed, (H)and his thoughts alarmed him; (I)his limbs gave way, and (J)his knees knocked together.
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2 Samuel 13:28-29
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28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon's (A)heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.” 29 So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.
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Nahum 1:10
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10 For they are (A)like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
(B)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
1 Samuel 25:36-38
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36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, (A)he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart (B)was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing (C)at all until the morning light. 37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And about ten days later (D)the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
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