What the Bible says about
Sheol
40 references · matched from the Berean Standard Bible text · tap any verse for study tools
“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.”— Genesis 37:35 BSB
“But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.””— Genesis 42:38 BSB
“Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’”— Genesis 44:29 BSB
“sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.”— Genesis 44:31 BSB
“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.””— Numbers 16:30 BSB
“They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.”— Numbers 16:33 BSB
“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.”— Deuteronomy 32:22 BSB
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Genesis 37:35Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:29Genesis 44:31Numbers 16:30Numbers 16:33Deuteronomy 32:221 Samuel 2:62 Samuel 22:61 Kings 2:61 Kings 2:9Job 7:9Job 11:8Job 14:13Job 17:13Job 17:16Job 21:13Job 24:19Job 26:6Psalms 6:5Psalms 9:17Psalms 16:10Psalms 18:5Psalms 30:3Psalms 31:17Psalms 49:14Psalms 49:15Psalms 55:15Psalms 86:13Psalms 88:3Psalms 89:48Psalms 116:3Psalms 139:8Psalms 141:7Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 7:27Proverbs 9:18Proverbs 15:11Proverbs 15:24