30 Bible Verses about Sheol

Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou art, and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'

Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions.

We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,

Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it is not satisfied with water, And fire -- it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him. From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth -- the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters. Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And -- his arm -- they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations.

And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me, With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves. Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses with silver.read more.
(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.) There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power. Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor, Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord.

Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

If I wait -- Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm. And where is now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?read more.
To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

Sheol beneath hath been troubled at thee, To meet thy coming in, It is waking up for thee Rephaim, All chiefs ones of earth, It hath raised up from their thrones All kings of nations. All of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like! Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.

For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol -- alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

Only -- unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.

O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit.

Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.