13 Bible Verses about Sinners Grasped By Death

The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Even all the nations who forget God.

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on You;
Let the wicked (godless) be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?

Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.

Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.

But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

None who go to her return again,
Nor do they regain the paths of life—

For her house leads down to death
And her paths lead to the dead;

Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

Whereas she who lives for pleasure and self-indulgence is spiritually dead even while she still lives.

“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among those who assembled together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but he died for his own sin [as did all those who rebelled at Kadesh], and he had no sons.

That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].