19 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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Jehovah knows (is fully aware of) the way of the righteous. But the way of the wicked will perish.
For evildoers will be destroyed, but those who wait for Jehovah will inherit the land.
But the wicked will perish! The enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures. They vanish, like smoke they vanish away.
But transgressors will be altogether destroyed. The posterity of the wicked will be destroyed.
The sinners in Zion are terrified. The godless tremble. Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with long lasting fire?
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)
If your hand or your foot is a cause of stumbling cut it off. Get rid of it. It is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to be destroyed by eternal fire.
Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels. I was hungry and you did not feed me. I was thirsty and you did not give me drink. I was a stranger and you did not take me in. I was naked and you did not dress me. I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'read more.
They will also ask: 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison and not minister to you?' The King will answer: 'To the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of my brothers, you did not do it to me.'
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be better to enter into life maimed then, having two hands to be destroyed in the ever-burning trash fires in the Valley of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna) (spurious, but included in King James Version, Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.)
His winnowing fork is in his hand ready to thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor. He will gather the wheat into his barn. He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
They will return. Those who did good will have the resurrection of life. Those who did evil will receive the resurrection of judgment.
Many live as enemies of the stake of Christ. I often wept as I told you about them. Their end is destruction. Their god is their belly. Their glory is in their shame. They set their mind on earthly things.
You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire. They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might.
Then the evil (lawless) one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will put him to death with the breath of his mouth, and destroy him by the manifestation (brightness) (advent) (revelation) of his coming. (Greek: parousia: presence, return, being near)
We should not repeat the basic teachings about baptisms, and of the laying on of hands (setting apart for holy tasks), and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
He that despised Moses' Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be! We know who said: Vengeance is mine; I will repay; and who also said, Jehovah will judge his people. (Deuteronomy 32:35)read more.
It is a dreadful (terrible) thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.
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eternal Death » Shall be inflicted by Christ
Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.
When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire. They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.
eternal Death » The necessary consequence of sin
for if you live according to flesh, you are about to die. If by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient servants you are his (voluntary) servants because you obey him? This could be obedience to sin with death in view or obedience to righteousness with holiness in view?
Then evil desires, when conceived, give birth to sin: and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.
eternal Death » Is called » Destruction
If God decided to show his wrath and make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fit for destruction.
They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might.
eternal Death » Saints shall escape
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them. They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall rule as kings with him for the thousand years.
He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.'
eternal Death » Christ, the only way of escape from
There is no salvation in anyone else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.
These will go away into ever-burning fire (everlasting cutting off) (death) (total destruction) (doom) (punishment) (everlasting penalty), but the righteous to everlasting life.'
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)
Only one is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you that you judge your neighbor?
eternal Death » The way to, described
Enter through the narrow gate, since the gate to destruction is wide and the road that leads to destruction is wide and many enter through it.
eternal Death » Is called » The wrath to come
and to wait for his Son to come from heaven, his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's anger (indignation) that is to come.
eternal Death » Described as » Banishment from God
They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might.
eternal Death » Is called » The second death
He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.'
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
Throw the worthless servant into outer darkness. There will be crying and grinding of teeth.'
eternal Death » Is called » Everlasting punishment
These will go away into ever-burning fire (everlasting cutting off) (death) (total destruction) (doom) (punishment) (everlasting penalty), but the righteous to everlasting life.'
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem)
eternal Death » Illustrated
He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. He called out: Father Abraham! Take pity on me! Please send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue. I am in torment in this fire! Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment. read more.
There is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so. And no one can cross over to us from where you are.
eternal Death » Described as » A mist of darkness for ever
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
Those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will receive wrath and indignation. [There will be] tribulation and distress on every person who works evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek.
eternal Death » Is called » Perishing
But these are creatures without reason. They were born mere animals to be taken and destroyed! They speak abusively in matters of which they are ignorant. They suffer destruction in their own course of destruction.
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to shame, &c
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will 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 from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
let him know, that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a person from death, and cover a multitude of sins.
eternal Death » Described as » The worm that dies not
(spurious, but included in King James Version, Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.)
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to damnation
They will return. Those who did good will have the resurrection of life. Those who did evil will receive the resurrection of judgment.
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » eternal Death
The result of one trespass was condemnation for all men. The result of righteousness was justification (acquittal), which brings life for all men.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
They say the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, and are rescued in the day of wrath?
Salvation » Is deliverance from » eternal Death
For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world. Instead the world should be saved through him.