19 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall vanish; into smoke shall they vanish away.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Therefore if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was hungry, and you gave me no food: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not.read more.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, or thirsty or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Since you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.
And if your hand offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where the worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of condemnation.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much worse punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done insult unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.read more.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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eternal Death » Shall be inflicted by Christ
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
eternal Death » The necessary consequence of sin
For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
eternal Death » Is called » Destruction
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
eternal Death » Saints shall escape
Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.
eternal Death » Christ, the only way of escape from
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another?
eternal Death » The way to, described
Enter in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be who go in there:
eternal Death » Is called » The wrath to come
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come.
eternal Death » Described as » Banishment from God
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
eternal Death » Is called » The second death
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
eternal Death » Is called » Everlasting punishment
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
eternal Death » Illustrated
And in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and seeing Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And 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. But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented. read more.
And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there.
eternal Death » Described as » A mist of darkness for ever
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
eternal Death » Is called » Perishing
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to shame, &c
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
eternal Death » The wages of sin
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
Let him know, that he who converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
eternal Death » Described as » The worm that dies not
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to damnation
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of condemnation.
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » eternal Death
Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
That the wicked are reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Salvation » Is deliverance from » eternal Death
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.