Isaiah 33:14
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling has seized the godless:
“Who among us can live with the devouring fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”
Hebrews 12:29
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29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.(A)
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Revelation 14:10
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10 they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.(A)
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Matthew 25:46
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46 And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”(A)
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Matthew 25:41
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41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,(A)
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Matthew 18:8
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8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,[a] cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into the eternal fire.(A)
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- 18.8 Or stumble
Isaiah 66:24
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24 And they shall go out and look at the dead bodies of the people 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.(A)
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Deuteronomy 5:24-25
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24 and you said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the fire. We have seen this day that God may speak to someone and the person may still live.(A) 25 But now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we shall die.(B)
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Revelation 20:10
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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.
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Revelation 6:15-17
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15 Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(A) 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(B) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(C)
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- 6.17 Other ancient authorities read his
2 Thessalonians 1:8
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8 in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(A)
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Nahum 1:6
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6 Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.(A)
Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord said:
Because these people draw near with their mouths
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me
and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,(A)
Job 18:11
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11 Terrors frighten them on every side
and chase them at their heels.(A)
Luke 16:23-26
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23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[a](A) 24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’(B) 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(C) 26 Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’
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- 16.23 Gk in his bosom
Mark 9:43-49
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43 If your hand causes you to sin,[a] cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell,[b] to the unquenchable fire.[c](A) 45 And if your foot causes you to sin,[d] cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.[e][f](B) 47 And if your eye causes you to sin,[g] tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,[h](C) 48 where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.(D)
49 “For everyone will be salted with fire.[i](E)
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- 9.43 Or stumble
- 9.43 Gk Gehenna
- 9.43 Other ancient authorities add 9.44 and 9.46, which are identical to 9.48
- 9.45 Or stumble
- 9.45 Gk Gehenna
- 9.45 Other ancient authorities add 9.44 and 9.46, which are identical to 9.48
- 9.47 Or stumble
- 9.47 Gk Gehenna
- 9.49 Other ancient authorities add or substitute and every sacrifice will be salted with salt
Matthew 24:51
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51 He will cut him in pieces[a] and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(A)
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- 24.51 Or cut him off
Matthew 22:12
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12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless.(A)
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Isaiah 34:9
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9 And the streams of Edom[a] shall be turned into pitch
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.(A)
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- 34.9 Heb her streams
Isaiah 32:11
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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
shudder, you complacent ones;
strip and make yourselves bare,
and put sackcloth on your loins.(A)
Isaiah 30:27-33
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Judgment on Assyria
27 See, the name of the Lord comes from far away,
his anger burning and his burden heavy;[a]
his lips are full of indignation,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;(A)
28 his breath is like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck—
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction
and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads them astray.(B)
29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.(C) 30 And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.(D) 31 The Assyrian will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord when he strikes with his rod.(E) 32 And every stroke of the staff of punishment[b] that the Lord lays upon him will be to the sound of timbrels and lyres with dancing;[c] with brandished arm he will fight with him.(F) 33 For his burning place[d] has long been prepared, also for the king;[e] its pyre is made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.(G)
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Isaiah 30:8-11
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A Rebellious People
8 Go now, write it before them on a tablet,
and inscribe it on a scroll,
so that it may be for the time to come
as a witness forever.(A)
9 For they are a rebellious people,
faithless children,
children who will not hear
the instruction of the Lord;(B)
10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things;
prophesy illusions;(C)
11 leave the way; turn aside from the path;
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”(D)
Isaiah 29:6
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6 you will be visited by the Lord of hosts
with thunder and earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.(A)
Isaiah 28:17-22
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17 And I will make justice the line
and righteousness the plummet;
hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.(A)
18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.(B)
19 As often as it passes through, it will take you,
for morning by morning it will pass through,
by day and by night,
and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”(C)
20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it,
and the covering is too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
21 For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim;
he will rage as in the valley of Gibeon
to do his deed—strange is his deed!—
and to work his work—alien is his work!(D)
22 Now therefore do not scoff,
or your bonds will be made stronger,
for I have heard a decree of destruction
from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land.(E)
Isaiah 28:14-15
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14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers
who rule this people in Jerusalem.(A)
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(B)
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