19 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
For evil doers 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 consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath 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.
Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to sin, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
Then will he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.read more.
Then will they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Then will he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And if thy hand causeth thee to fall into sin, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
And shall come forth; they that have done good to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.
(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 be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
He that despised Moses' law, died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much more severe punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth to me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord will 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 lewd men, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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eternal Death » Shall be inflicted by Christ
Then will he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye 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 will 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 ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants in obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought 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 lewd men, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth 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 long-suffering 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 hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; He that overcometh, shall not be hurt by 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.
Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then will he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye 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 art thou that judgest another?
eternal Death » The way to, described
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by it.
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 hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; He that overcometh, shall not be hurt by the second death.
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then will he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into utter 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
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
eternal Death » Illustrated
And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar 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 thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. read more.
And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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 for ever.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
But to 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 doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
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 converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will 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 to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.
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 to 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 is reserved to the day of destruction? they will 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 whoever believeth 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 may be saved.