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.
Psalm 86:13
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13 (A)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have (B)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 88:3
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Psalm 89:48
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48 (A)What man can live and never (B)see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of (C)Sheol? Selah
Psalm 116:3
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3 (A)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Psalm 139:8
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Psalm 141:7
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7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones (A)be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain
Proverbs 1:12
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Proverbs 5:5
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of
Proverbs 7:27
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27 Her house is (A)the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 9:18
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim
Proverbs 15:11
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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
how much more (A)the hearts of the children of man!
Proverbs 15:24
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24 The path of life leads upward (A)for the prudent,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
Proverbs 23:14
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14 If you strike him with the rod,
you will (A)save his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 27:20
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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.”
Song of Solomon 8:6
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6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as (A)a seal upon your arm,
for (B)love is strong as death,
(C)jealousy[a] is fierce as the grave.[b]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very (D)flame of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew her nobility
Isaiah 7:10-11
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The Sign of Immanuel
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask (A)a sign of the Lord your[a] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
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- Isaiah 7:11 The Hebrew for you and your is singular in verses 11, 16, 17
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.
Isaiah 14:15
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15 (A)But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Isaiah 28:15
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the (A)overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made (B)lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
Isaiah 28:18
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18 Then (A)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.
Isaiah 38:10
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10 I said, (A)In the middle[a] of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:10 Or In the quiet
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