08/24/08   -  Is there really a place called hell?

Matt 23:14 (some Bibles skip this verse – vrs. 13 then vrs 15)

13 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.[e]

 15 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell[f] you yourselves are!

King James Version
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Greater damnation is the problem with some denominations - infers that there is lesser damnation    ……Infers there are matter of degrees in hell

 

Matthew 5:22

 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause[b] shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.

 

2 Thessalonians 1

8 in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.

 

Matthew 13

40 “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!

 

Matthew 5:30

30 And if your hand—even your stronger hand[m]—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 be thrown into hell.

 

Psalm 9:17

The wicked bought a one-way ticket to hell. No longer will the poor be nameless— no more humiliation for the humble. Up, God! Aren't you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions!

Proverbs 27:20

20 Hell[a] and Destruction[b] are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

 

Luke 16:2

23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

 

The word HELL was used for the Hebrew word SHEOL and the Greek words HADES, GEENNA and TARTAROO in the KJV

Words for Hell


Gehenna - The Valley of Hinnom

KJV References

Matt 5:22
22     But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. (KJV)

Matt 5:29
29     And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (KJV)

Matt 5:30
30     And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (KJV)

Matt 10:28
28     And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (KJV)

Matt 18:9
9     And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. (KJV)

Matt 23:15
15     Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. (KJV)

Matt 23:33
33     Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? (KJV)

Mark 9:43
43     And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: (KJV)

Mark 9:45
45     And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: (KJV)

Mark 9:47
47     And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: (KJV)

Luke 12:5
5     But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (KJV)

James 3:6
6     And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. (KJV)

Tartaros - The Abyss (Greek - NT)

KJV References

2 Pet 2:4
4     For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; (NAS)

 

Sheol - The Grave (Hebrew - OT)

 7585 (KJV) - SHEOL

Gen 37:35
35     Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him. (NAS)

Gen 42:38
38     But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow." (NAS)

Gen 44:29
29     `And if you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.' (NAS)

Gen 44:31
31     it will come about when he sees that the lad is not {with us}, that he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. (NAS)

Num 16:30
30     "But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the LORD." (NAS)

Num 16:33
33     So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. (NAS)

Deut 32:22
22     For a fire is kindled in My anger, and burns to the lowest part of Sheol, and consumes the earth with its yield, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. (NAS)

1 Sam 2:6
6     "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. (NAS)

2 Sam 22:6
6     The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (NAS)

IKing 2:6
6     "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. (NAS)

IKing 2:9
9     "Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood." (NAS)

Job 7:9
9     "When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up. (NAS)

Job 11:8
8     "{They are} high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? (NAS)

Job 14:13
13     "Oh that Thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, that Thou wouldst conceal me until Thy wrath returns {to Thee,} that Thou wouldst set a limit for me and remember me! (NAS)

Job 17:13
13     "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; (NAS)

Job 17:16
16     "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?" (NAS)

Job 21:13
13     "They spend their days in prosperity, and suddenly they go down to Sheol. (NAS)

Job 24:19
19     "Drought and heat consume the snow waters, {so does} Sheol {those who} have sinned. (NAS)

Job 26:6
6     "Naked is Sheol before Him And Abaddon has no covering. (NAS)

Ps 6:5
5     For there is no mention of Thee in death; in Sheol who will give Thee thanks? (NAS)

Ps 9:17
17     The wicked will return to Sheol, {even} all the nations who forget God. (NAS)

Ps 16:10
10     For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay. (NAS)

Ps 18:5
5     The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (NAS)

Ps 30:3
3     O LORD, Thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. (NAS)

Ps 31:17
17     Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon Thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. (NAS)

Ps 49:14
14     As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall rule over them in the morning; and their form shall be for Sheol to consume, so that they have no habitation. (NAS)

Ps 49:14
14     As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall rule over them in the morning; and their form shall be for Sheol to consume, so that they have no habitation. (NAS)

Ps 49:15
15     But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; for He will receive me. Selah. (NAS)

Hades - The Grave (Greek - NT)

 

86 (KJV) - HADES

Matt 11:23
23     "And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You shall descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. (NAS)

Matt 16:18
18     "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. (NAS)

Luke 10:15
15     "And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! (NAS)

Luke 16:23
23     "And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. (NAS)

Acts 2:27
27     Because Thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, nor allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay. (NAS)

Acts 2:31
31     he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay. (NAS)

Rev 1:18
18     and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. (NAS)

Rev 6:8
8     And I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. (NAS)

Rev 20:13
13     And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one {of them} according to their deeds. (NAS)

Rev 20:14
14.     And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. (NAS)

 

HELL in the New American Standard Bible (NASB)

 

Hell (NASB) - Gehenna

Matt 5:22
22     "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever shall say to his brother, `Raca,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, `You fool,' shall be guilty {enough to go} into the fiery hell. (NAS)

Matt 5:29
29     "And if your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. (NAS)

Matt 5:30
30     "And if your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off, and throw it from you; for it is better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to go into hell. (NAS)

Matt 10:28
28     "And do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (NAS)

Matt 18:9
9     "And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into the fiery hell. (NAS)

Matt 23:15
15     "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel about on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. (NAS)

Matt 23:33
33     "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how shall you escape the sentence of hell? (NAS)

Mark 9:43
43     "And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, (NAS)

Mark 9:45
45     "And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than having your two feet, to be cast into hell, (NAS)

Mark 9:47
47     "And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell, (NAS)

Luke 12:5
5     "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who after He has killed has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him! (NAS)

James 3:6
6     And the tongue is a fire, the {very} world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of {our} life, and is set on fire by hell. (NAS)

 

Hell (NASB) - Tartarus

2 Pet 2:4
4     For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; (NAS)

  

Sheol in NASB

Gen 37:35
35     Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him. (NAS)

Gen 42:38
38     But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow." (NAS)

Gen 44:29
29     `And if you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.' (NAS)

Gen 44:31
31     it will come about when he sees that the lad is not {with us}, that he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. (NAS)

Num 16:30
30     "But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the LORD." (NAS)

Num 16:33
33     So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. (NAS)

Deut 32:22
22     For a fire is kindled in My anger, and burns to the lowest part of Sheol, and consumes the earth with its yield, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. (NAS)

1 Sam 2:6
6     "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. (NAS)

2 Sam 22:6
6     The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (NAS)

IKing 2:6
6     "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. (NAS)

IKing 2:9
9     "Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood." (NAS)

Job 7:9
9     "When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up. (NAS)

Job 11:8
8     "{They are} high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? (NAS)

Job 14:13
13     "Oh that Thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, that Thou wouldst conceal me until Thy wrath returns {to Thee,} that Thou wouldst set a limit for me and remember me! (NAS)

Job 17:13
13     "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; (NAS)

Job 17:16
16     "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?" (NAS)

Job 21:13
13     "They spend their days in prosperity, and suddenly they go down to Sheol. (NAS)

Job 24:19
19     "Drought and heat consume the snow waters, {so does} Sheol {those who} have sinned. (NAS)

Job 26:6
6     "Naked is Sheol before Him And Abaddon has no covering. (NAS)

Job 33:18
18     He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing over into Sheol. (NAS)

Ps 6:5
5     For there is no mention of Thee in death; in Sheol who will give Thee thanks? (NAS)

Ps 9:17
17     The wicked will return to Sheol, {even} all the nations who forget God. (NAS)

Ps 16:10
10     For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay. (NAS)

Ps 18:5
5     The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (NAS)

 

Ps 30:3
3     O LORD, Thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. (NAS)

Ps 31:17
17     Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon Thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. (NAS)

Ps 49:14
14     As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall rule over them in the morning; and their form shall be for Sheol to consume, so that they have no habitation. (NAS)

Ps 49:14
14     As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall rule over them in the morning; and their form shall be for Sheol to consume, so that they have no habitation. (NAS)

 

HADES in NASB

Matt 11:23

23     "And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You shall descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. (NAS)

Matt 16:18
18     "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. (NAS)

Luke 10:15
15     "And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! (NAS)

Luke 16:23
23     "And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. (NAS)

Acts 2:27
27     Because Thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, nor allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay. (NAS)

Acts 2:31
31     he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay. (NAS)

Rev 1:18
18     and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. (NAS)

Rev 6:8
8     And I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. (NAS)

Rev 20:13
13     And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one {of them} according to their deeds. (NAS)

Rev 20:14
14     And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. (NAS)

 

Lake of Fire (NASB)

Rev 19:20
20     And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. (NAS)

Rev 20:10
10     And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (NAS)

Rev 20:14-15
14     And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15     And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (NAS)

Rev 21:8
8     "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {will be} in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (NAS)