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And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Core final judgment passage
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Core eternal fire passage
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9 warning on unquenched fire
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Gehenna and furnace of fire
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Lake of fire judgment text
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Core passage for tormented forever and ever.
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Core passage for eternal destruction.
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Core passage repeating furnace of fire and wailing.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Angels cast into hell until judgment
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Torment in hell language
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And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
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It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
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Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
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Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
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And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
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And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
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I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
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They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
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The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
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And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
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Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
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And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
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Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
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For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
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Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
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Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
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The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
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As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
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For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
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O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
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Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
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And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
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The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
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The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
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Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
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And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
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And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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