30 Bible Verses about Sheol
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What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.
If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’
So don’t let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.
Sheol; a childless womb;
earth, which is never satisfied with water;
and fire, which never says, “Enough!”
“This is what the Lord God says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol. I closed off the underground deep because of it: I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, all the well-watered trees, the choice and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the underworld. They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
I called to the Lord in my distress,
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
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Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
like infants who never see daylight?
There the wicked cease to make trouble,
and there the weary find rest.
The captives are completely at ease;
they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.
Both small and great are there,
and the slave is set free from his master.
As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.
If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,
and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?
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Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
or will we descend together to the dust?
Sheol below is eager to greet your coming.
He stirs up the spirits of the departed for you—
all the rulers of the earth.
He makes all the kings of the nations
rise from their thrones.
They all respond to you, saying:
“You too have become as weak as we are;
you have become like us!
Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”
For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.
As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.
Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.
Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.
But you will be brought down to Sheol
into the deepest regions of the Pit.
If only You would hide me in Sheol
and conceal me until Your anger passes.
If only You would appoint a time for me
and then remember me.
For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.
Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;
You spared me from among those
going down to the Pit.
But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.Selah
For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
