Gates of hell

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• Matthew 16:18

  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.

• Revelation 1:18

  I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

• Isaiah 38:10

  I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

• Job 38:17

  Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

• Psalms 107:18

  Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

• Revelation 20:14

  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

• Psalms 9:13

  Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

• Matthew 25:46

  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

• Luke 16:19–26

  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. …

• Ephesians 6:12

  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

• Revelation 20:10–15

  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. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. …

• Matthew 25:41

  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:

• Revelation 20:13–14

  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

• Psalms 9:17

  The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

• Revelation 20:1–3

  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

• Psalms 116:3

  The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

• Proverbs 15:24

  The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

• Revelation 20:1–2

  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

• John 8:31–32

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

• Numbers 16:30

  But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

• Matthew 16:1–28

  The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? …

• Revelation 4:11

  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

• Psalms 18:5

  The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

• Matthew 23:33

  Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

• Psalms 55:15

  Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

• Psalms 16:10

  For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• Matthew 16:19

  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

• Acts 3:21

  Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

• 2 Peter 2:4

  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;

• 2 Peter 1:21

  For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

• Ephesians 2:20

  And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

• Revelation 21:4

  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

• Luke 16:26

  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.

• Matthew 15:1–39

  Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? …

• Matthew 28:19

  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

• Revelation 20:10

  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.

• Matthew 16:2

  He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

• Matthew 11:23

  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.

• Acts 2:27

  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.