20 occurrences in 6 translations

'Underworld' in the Bible

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodEternal DeathGrave, TheHell, Punishment OfSheolSinners Grasped By Death

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessEarsGod, The RockPitsRocksSilenceSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual DeafnessGoing Down To The PitPossibility Of DeathGod Being SilentI PrayPits As A Term For Graves

Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheSheolCurbing SpeechI PraySinners Grasped By DeathDisappointment

So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

Verse ConceptsNot Dyingcorruption

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheSheolNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWhilst Alivenatural DeathHurt And BetrayalLoss Of A Loved Onesurprises

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves

But those who seek my life to destroy itWill [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

Verse ConceptsdepthAttempting To Kill Meseeking

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

Verse ConceptsPitsSaved From The PitSwampedPits As A Term For GravesOvercomingFloodsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Is your loyal love told in the grave, [or] your faithfulness in the underworld?

Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGod's Faithfulness

The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAfterlifeClimbingThe Fact Of DeathGoing To Heaven

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