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Hades – Unseen realm of the dead
Key KJV Scriptures:
Luke 16:19-31; Acts 2:27,31; Revelation 20:13-14
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
47 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
2 Samuel 22:6 (KJV)
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Job 26:5 (KJV)
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Psalms 6:5 (KJV)
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 17:15 (KJV)
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalms 30:9 (KJV)
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms 49:15 (KJV)
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Psalms 86:13 (KJV)
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalms 88:10 (KJV)
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalms 88:11 (KJV)
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms 88:12 (KJV)
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 115:17 (KJV)
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms 116:3 (KJV)
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 15:24 (KJV)
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Proverbs 21:16 (KJV)
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 27:20 (KJV)
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (KJV)
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 (KJV)
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Isaiah 5:14 (KJV)
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.
Jonah 2:2 (KJV)
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.
Matthew 10:28 (KJV)
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.
Matthew 11:23 (KJV)
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Matthew 16:18 (KJV)
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.
Luke 10:15 (KJV)
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
Luke 16:19 (KJV)
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luke 16:20 (KJV)
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Luke 16:21 (KJV)
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:22 (KJV)
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke 16:23 (KJV)
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16:24 (KJV)
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luke 16:25 (KJV)
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Luke 16:26 (KJV)
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luke 16:27 (KJV)
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Luke 16:28 (KJV)
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luke 16:29 (KJV)
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luke 16:30 (KJV)
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke 16:31 (KJV)
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 23:42 (KJV)
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Luke 23:43 (KJV)
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
John 8:22 (KJV)
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.