19 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish -- vanish like smoke.
As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'read more.
"Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?' "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, 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 insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."read more.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is 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 say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
eternal Death » The necessary consequence of sin
For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, 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 patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of 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. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
eternal Death » Christ, the only way of escape from
There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
eternal Death » The way to, described
"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter 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 -- Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
eternal Death » Described as » Banishment from God
who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
eternal Death » Is called » The second death
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
eternal Death » Is called » Everlasting punishment
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
eternal Death » Illustrated
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 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 in anguish in this flame.' "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish. read more.
Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
eternal Death » Described as » A mist of darkness for ever
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
eternal Death » Is called » Perishing
But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to shame, &c
Many of those who 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 free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
eternal Death » Described as » The worm that dies not
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to damnation
and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » eternal Death
So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Salvation » Is deliverance from » eternal Death
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.