 | Many go there – Matthew 7:13  | "... wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it." | |
| A place of torment – Luke 16:19-31 [probably the most vivid account] | "The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades ... he cried and said 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'" (Luke 16:23-24. Look up the other verses of this story told by Jesus in the Bible.) | |
| Everlasting punishment – Matthew 25:46 | "And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." | |
| Everlasting fire – Matthew 25:41 | "And then He will say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'" | |
| Furnace of fire – Matthew 13:41, 50 | "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practise lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:41) | | "The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:49-50) | |
| Lake of fire – Revelation 20:15 | And anyone not found in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. | |
| Fire and brimstone – Revelation 14:10 | If anyone worships the beast ... he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. | |
| Unquenchable fire – Matthew 3:12 | "His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." | |
| Devouring fire – Isaiah 33:14 | The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
"Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" | |
| Prepared for the devil – Matthew 25:41 | "And then He will say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'" | |
| Devils are confined there until the judgment day – 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 6 | For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment ... | | And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. | |
| Punishment there is eternal – Isaiah 33:14 | The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
"Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" | |
| Human power cannot prevent us going there – Ezekiel 32:27 | ... who have gone down to hell
with their weapons of war. | |
| Body suffers there – Matthew 5:29, 10:28 | "If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell." (Matt 5:29) | | "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him Who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matt 10:28) | |
| Soul suffers there – Matthew 10:28 | "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him Who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." | |
| Wise avoid it – Proverbs 15:24 | The way of life winds upward for the wise,
That he may turn away from hell below. | |
| Try to keep others from it – Proverbs 23:14, Jude 23 | Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from hell. (Prov 23:13-14) | | But others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire ... (Jude 23) | |
| Associating with evil leads to it – Proverbs 5:5, 9:18 | An immoral woman ... her feet go down to death,
Her steps lay hold of hell. (Prov 5:5) | | But he [who turns aside to the shameless woman]
does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell. (Prov 9:18) | |
| Devil and all his angels will be cast into it – Revelation 19:20, 20:10 | The beast and the false prophet were cast alive into the lake of fire, burning with brimstone. (Rev 19:20) | | The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Rev 20:10) | |
| Its powers cannot stand against the Church – Matthew 16:18 | "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." | |
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