30 Bible Verses about Eternal

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Psalm 103:17

But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

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Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence

Micah 5:2

You Bethlehem Ephrathah who are little to be among the thousands of Judah. Out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel! His origin is from of old, from everlasting (days of antiquity) (ancient times).

Christ » Christ's Dominion » Eternal

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

Daniel 7:14

He was given legal power and a kingdom. Out of his glory all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. (Revelation 11:15) (Daniel 2:44) (Psalm 45:6)

Christ » Priesthood of » Eternal

death » Eternal » Foretold

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah became ill and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz said to him: This is what Jehovah says: 'Give final instructions to your household. You will not recover. You will die.'

1 Samuel 28:19

He will give you and Israel over to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will join me. Jehovah will also give the army of Israel over to the Philistines.

Numbers 20:24

Aaron is not going to enter the land I promised to give to Israel. He is going to die, because the two of you rebelled against my command at Meribah.

Numbers 31:2

Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors in death.

death » Spiritual death » Eternal

death » Eternal » Gates of

Psalm 9:13

Be merciful to me, O Jehovah! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O Jehovah.

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Isaiah 38:10

I thought that in the prime of my life I would go down to the gates of the grave and be robbed of the rest of my life.

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

Daniel 7:14

He was given legal power and a kingdom. Out of his glory all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. (Revelation 11:15) (Daniel 2:44) (Psalm 45:6)

Dominion » Christ's » Eternal

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

Daniel 7:14

He was given legal power and a kingdom. Out of his glory all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. (Revelation 11:15) (Daniel 2:44) (Psalm 45:6)

Election » Of saints, is » Eternal

Eternal » Kingdom » Eternal kingdom of God and Christ

Daniel 6:26

I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble with respect before the God of Daniel. He is the living God, and steadfast forever! His kingdom will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even unto the end.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

Daniel 2:44

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Its sovereignty will not be entrusted to another people. It will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it will stand forever!

Eternal » Punishment » Future

Malachi 4:1

Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.

Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment

Matthew 5:22

Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom.

Matthew 23:33

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)

James 3:6

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Compares the suffering of, to fire

Matthew 5:22

Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).

Mark 9:43

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)

Matthew 13:41-42

The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all who stumble others and commit lawlessness. The angels will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mark 9:45

If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life with only one foot, rather than having two feet to be cast into the ever-burning fires of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction)

Eternal » Glory » The glory will be endless

More verses: 2 Timothy 2:10

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other allusions to

Malachi 4:1

Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.

Acts 1:25

Which of these men should assume this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

More verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to

John 5:28-29

Do not wonder about this for the hour is coming when everyone in the grave will hear his voice. They will return. Those who did good will have the resurrection of life. Those who did evil will receive the resurrection of judgment.

Matthew 23:33

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)

Matthew 24:51

He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.

Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Described as banishment from God

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service

John 4:35-36

Do you say there are four months until the harvest comes? I say to you lift up your eyes and look on the fields. They are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for life eternal. Both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ

John 3:14-15

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must also be lifted up. Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life.

Eternal » Hope » The soul's sure anchor

Hebrews 6:18-19

God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is impossible for God to lie. These two things can never be changed. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of life. It is a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain.

Eternal » Hope » Cheers the dying hour of the saints

Eternal » Hope » A heavenly treasure

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world

Luke 18:28-30

Peter said: Indeed we have left our own to follow you. Jesus said: Truly I tell you, no man has left house, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive manifold more now and in the age to come everlasting life.

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Sowing in the spirit

Eternal » Hope » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ

Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Self-sacrifice

John 12:25

He that loves his life [in this world] loses it; and he that detests (does not love) his life in this world shall save it for everlasting life.

Eternal » Hope » Anticipates Christ's coming

Eternal » Hope » Assures of immortality

Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Knowledge of God

Glory » Christ's » Eternal

More verses: 2 Timothy 2:10

Glory » Eternal » Inherited by saints

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.

Glory » Eternal » Saints called to

Glory » Eternal » The bodies of saints shall be raised in

Philippians 3:21

Christ will, through his power, bring everything under his authority. He will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified (glorious) body (literally and figuratively: body of his glory). He is able to subject all things to himself.

1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness and it is raised in power.

Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by present afflictions

Glory » Eternal » Accompanies salvation by Christ

2 Timothy 2:10

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

Glory » Eternal » Procured by the death of Christ

Glory » Eternal » Of God's people shall be rich and abundant

Isaiah 60:11-13

Your gates will always be open. They will never be closed day or night so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations. Even their kings are led as prisoners. Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will definitely be ruined. Lebanon's glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place. I will honor the place where my feet rest.

Glory » Eternal » Saints afore prepared to

Romans 9:23

In that way he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he had prepared in advance for glory.

Glory » Eternal » Present afflictions not worthy to be compared with

Glory » Eternal » Saints shall be, of their ministers

1 Thessalonians 2:19-20

Who is our hope, or joy, or crown of exultation? Is it not you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming? For you are our glory and joy!

Glory » Of God » Eternal

Psalm 104:31

Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. May Jehovah find joy in his works.

Glory » Eternal » Afflictions of ministers are, to saints

Ephesians 3:13

So I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, for they are your glory.

Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by afflictions

Glory » Eternal » Saints prepared unto

Romans 9:23

In that way he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he had prepared in advance for glory.

God, Glory of » Described as » Eternal

Psalm 104:31

Let the glory of Jehovah endure forever. May Jehovah find joy in his works.

God » Is declared to be » Eternal

Revelation 4:8-10

Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come. When these living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, The twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne. They worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

God » Mercy of » Eternal

Psalm 103:17

But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

Hope » Eternal » In God

Psalm 42:11

Why am I in despair? Why have I become disturbed within me? Wait for God for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 146:5

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Jehovah his God!

Hope » Eternal » The soul's sure anchor

Hebrews 6:18-19

God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is impossible for God to lie. These two things can never be changed. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of life. It is a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain.

Hope » Eternal » Cheers the dying hour of the saints

Hope » Eternal » A heavenly treasure

Hope » Eternal » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ

Hope » Eternal » Anticipates Christ's coming

Hope » Eternal » Assures of immortality

Life » Eternal » General references to

1 Timothy 6:19

They store up for them a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life that is life indeed.

Mercy » Eternal

Psalm 103:17

But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

Priesthood » Of Christ » Eternal

Punishment » Eternal

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.

Redemption » Described as » Eternal

Rest, spiritual » Eternal

Salvation » Described as » Eternal

Hebrews 5:9

Being made perfect, he became the source (cause) (channel) (conduit) (pathway) (facilitator) of eternal salvation to all who obey him. (Psalm 3:8)

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens. Look at the earth below. The heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants die like flies (gnats). But my salvation will last forever! My righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 45:17

Jehovah will save Israel with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.

Spiritual » Rest » Eternal

God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Eternal

Romans 16:26

It is now made known by the Scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God. It is made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.

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Eternal Blessing

2 Samuel 7:29

Please bless my descendants and let them be your chosen kings for a very long time. You have already promised, and I am sure that you will bless my family from generation to generation.

Eternal Deliverance

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens. Look at the earth below. The heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants die like flies (gnats). But my salvation will last forever! My righteousness will never fail.

Eternal Evil

Genesis 43:9

I guarantee that he will come back. You can hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here in front of you, you can blame me the rest of my life.

Eternal Judgement

Psalm 77:7

Will Jehovah reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?

eternal life, gift of

John 5:39-40

You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me.

Eternal Loyalty

Psalm 131:3

O Israel, hope in Jehovah from this time and forever.

Eternal Possession

Genesis 17:8

The whole land of Canaan, where you are now a guest (alien) (foreigner) (stranger), I will give a long lasting possession to you and your descendants after you. I will be their God.

Eternal Security

John 10:28-29

I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

Eternal World

Ecclesiastes 1:4

One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever (without end).

God, The Eternal

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: Get up and give praise to Jehovah your God forever and ever. Praise your great name that is lifted up high over all, blessing and praise.

Rest, Eternal

Hebrews 4:3-4

We who believe enter into the rest. As God said: I swore in my anger: 'They shall not enter into my rest.' Yet God's works were completed from the foundation of the world.

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