What Does The Bible Say About?

Hades

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Luke 16:23

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In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Acts 2:27

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because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Acts 2:31

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Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

Revelation 1:18

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the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

Psalm 16:10

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For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Matthew 16:18

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And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Revelation 20:13

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The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Luke 16:19-31

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Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. . . .

Matthew 11:23

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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Matthew 10:28

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Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Revelation 20:14

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Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Revelation 6:8

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Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

Luke 10:15

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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!

Revelation 19:20

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But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

Matthew 25:41

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Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Revelation 20:10

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And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

1 Corinthians 15:55

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“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

2 Peter 2:4

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For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Luke 23:43

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And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Isaiah 14:9

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Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Matthew 25:46

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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Revelation 21:8

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But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Matthew 5:22

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But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

Revelation 20:13-14

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The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Romans 6:23

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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

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Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

James 3:6

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The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Matthew 12:40

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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 23:15

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Hosea 13:14

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I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Mark 9:43

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If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

1 Peter 3:19

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in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

Ecclesiastes 9:10

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Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Daniel 12:2

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And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 18:9

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And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Matthew 23:33

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You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Genesis 37:35

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All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Jude 1:7

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In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

Luke 12:5

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But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Ecclesiastes 9:5

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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Ezekiel 31:16

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I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

Mark 9:45

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If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

Psalm 49:15

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But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

Luke 16:22

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One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

Psalm 86:13

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For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

Revelation 20:11-15

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Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

1 Peter 4:6

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That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Ezekiel 18:4

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Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Hebrews 2:14

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Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Luke 16:1-31

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Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’ The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg. I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first. . . .

Proverbs 15:24

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The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Matthew 5:29

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If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Psalm 6:5

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For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

Ezekiel 18:20

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The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.

Jude 1:6

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And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Psalm 88:10-12

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Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Isaiah 38:18

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For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Proverbs 9:18

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But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 55:15

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Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

Jonah 2:2

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saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Psalm 89:48

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What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Revelation 20:15

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And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

2 Corinthians 5:8

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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Acts 2:24

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But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

2 Corinthians 5:21

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God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Mark 9:47

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And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Matthew 13:42

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And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Psalm 9:17

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The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

1 Samuel 2:6

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The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

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They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Amos 9:2

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Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

Matthew 5:29-30

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If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Revelation 14:10

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he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Ezekiel 31:17

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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.

Isaiah 14:15

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But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

John 5:28-29

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Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Revelation 20:1-15

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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time. Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection. . . .

Revelation 20:6

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Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

2 Peter 2:9

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if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

Ephesians 4:8

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This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

Genesis 2:7

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Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

John 3:13

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No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 8:44

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You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Leviticus 18:21

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You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

1 Corinthians 15:1-58

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Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve. . . .

Luke 16:24

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So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

Matthew 18:8

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If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 22:13

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Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Matthew 25:30

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And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Revelation 14:3

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And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

1 Corinthians 15:53

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For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

Deuteronomy 32:22

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For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Isaiah 14:10

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They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

John 5:28

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Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

John 5:29

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and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Psalm 139:8

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If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

Psalm 55:23

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But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Revelation 20:13-15

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The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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