19 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.
For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath surprised the hypocrites: Who among us shall dwell with the consuming fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting flames?
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.read more.
Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee? Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.
And if thy hand serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable; where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.
(for many walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and their glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:)
and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with the angels of his power, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;
of the doctrine of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment;
Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses: of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.read more.
It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God.
But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
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eternal Death » Shall be inflicted by Christ
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with the angels of his power, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
eternal Death » The necessary consequence of sin
for if ye live according to flesh, ye are about to die; but if, by the Spirit, ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live:
Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that was with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone;
But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
eternal Death » Is called » Destruction
And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
eternal Death » Saints shall escape
Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.
eternal Death » Christ, the only way of escape from
And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?
eternal Death » The way to, described
Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
eternal Death » Is called » The wrath to come
and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.
eternal Death » Described as » Banishment from God
who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
eternal Death » Is called » The second death
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
eternal Death » Is called » Everlasting punishment
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
eternal Death » Illustrated
And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame. But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering. read more.
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us.
eternal Death » Described as » A mist of darkness for ever
These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation, tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;
eternal Death » Is called » Perishing
But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to shame, &c
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
eternal Death » The wages of sin
For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
let him know that he that brings back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
eternal Death » Described as » The worm that dies not
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to damnation
and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » eternal Death
so then as it was by one offence towards all men to condemnation, so by one righteousness towards all men for justification of life.
For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
Salvation » Is deliverance from » eternal Death
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.