Isaiah 5:14
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14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
Luke 21:34
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The Importance of Watching(A)
34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
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- Luke 21:34 dissipation
Habakkuk 2:5
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Woe to the Wicked
5 “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he (A)enlarges his desire as [a]hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.
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- Habakkuk 2:5 Or Sheol
Proverbs 30:16
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16 (A)The[a] grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”
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- Proverbs 30:16 Or Sheol
Matthew 7:13
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The Narrow Way(A)
13 (B)“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
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Proverbs 27:20
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- Proverbs 27:20 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 27:20 Heb. Abaddon
Psalm 55:15
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15 Let death seize them;
Let them (A)go down alive into [a]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:15 Or Sheol
Revelation 20:13-15
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13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, (A)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. (B)And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then (C)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. (D)This is the second [a]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life (E)was cast into the lake of fire.
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- Revelation 20:14 NU, M death, the lake of fire.
Isaiah 30:33
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33 (A)For Tophet was established of old,
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.
Isaiah 14:9
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9 “Hell(A)[a] from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:9 Or Sheol
Numbers 16:30-34
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30 But if the Lord creates (A)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (B)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”
31 (C)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (D)all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!”
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Acts 12:21-23
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21 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord (A)struck him, because (B)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [a]died.
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- Acts 12:23 breathed his last
Luke 17:27
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27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the (A)day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and (B)destroyed them all.
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