Where can I find a description of hell in the Bible?

Question

Just tell me the book and chapter and section or whatever.

Answer 1

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Matthew 5:22, 29,30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15; 23:33

Mark 9:43; 9:45; 9:47

Luke 12:5; 16:23

James 3:6

2 Peter 2:4

(NIV Bible).

Cordially,
John

Answer 2

If one looks at the original texts of the Bible (in Greek), the word "Hell" NEVER appears. In some places it says "Gehenna" or "the valley of the son of Hinnom" which is an actual place ON Earth; a place where people of Israel where actually burned. Jesus only spoke of this place metaphorically,in parables. The other way "hell" was translated was from the word "tartaros," which is Greek, or "Sheol", which is Hebrew. Both meaning "the grave." This was usually in reference to the angels who sinned, not man. No reference to eternal punishment after death in either of these translations.

When the Bible talks about the Lake of Fire, everyone thinks pain and suffering. But the in Semetic Middle East, fire is a symbol of GOD. Jesus said "He came to send fire on the earth and He yearned for it to be kindled." (Luke 12:49)
Obviously he is talking about fire in the sense of God, not suffering. Moreover, when the Bible talks about the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, the word "Brimstone" is translated from the word "Theion" which means "Divine." So in other words the "Lake of fire and Brimstone" should really translate into "Lake of Divine Purification"

In other words: NO flames, NO torment, NO Punishment from God.

This is just a brief argument about the topic; if you did some research you could find a whole bunch more.

Answer 3

Matthew chapter 8 verse 12

Answer 4

2 Peter 2:4

Matthew 5:22 and 29, 30

Matthew 10:28

Matthew 18:9

Matthew 23:15

Matthew 23:33

Mark 9:43 and 47

Luke 12:5

Luke 16:23

James 3:6

Have a blessed day.

Answer 5

Is hell is a place where only the wicked go, and no one can ever get out of it? The Bible says that Jesus Christ was in hell three days and was raised from there. In a Bible prophecy concerning him, it explains: “Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”—Ps. 16:10, AV (15:10, Dy); Acts 2:31.

The inspired Hebrew Bible writers did NOT say that conscious life and red-hot activity exist in Sheol or hell? Quite the opposite! Instead of blazing fire it is described as a “land of darkness.” (Job 10:21) Instead of a place of soul-chilling shrieks it is described as a place of “silence.” (Ps. 115:17) The Catholic Douay Bible, at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, says: “The living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more. Neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten. Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge, shall be in hell [Sheol, AS], whither thou art hastening.” So, since the “dead know nothing more,” or as the King James Version says, “the dead know not any thing,” it would be impossible for them to know conscious torment. And since there is no work in hell, how can there be activity, red-hot or otherwise?

What, then, is hell? The Bible shows that hell is mankind’s common grave. And note what the Bible says: “Death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them.” (Rev. 20:13, AV) So not only does the Bible teach that good as well as unrighteous persons go to hell, but it shows that those in hell are to be resurrected! (Acts 24:15)

Is the human soul immortal? Can it die? Note what God’s Word of truth says on this matter: “He hath poured out his soul unto death.” (Isa. 53:12, AV) “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” (Ezek. 18:4, 20, AV) The Bible teaches that souls are mortal; they can and do die.

Answer 6

There is no specific citation of what hell is like in the Bible.

The fire and brimstone comes from illustrations from Dante's Inferno.

The image of hell as a place of fire and damnation comes from the garbage dumps around Jerusalem, which were set on fire to burn them out. They were stinky and smoky and would burn for weeks and weeks.

From this visual cue, many preachers would use that as an analogy as to what the real hell was like.

Answer 7

the Lake of fire and brimstone is descriptive enough in that fire represents the love of evil and brimstone the falsities that belong to that evil. See Revelation 20:10 for "lake of fire and brimstone" as well as other places in the Bible.

If you will allow me to digress...

Swedenborg states "a perception of the sphere of falsity from evil that flows forth from hell has often been granted me. It was like a perpetual effort to destroy all that is good and true, combined with anger and a kind of fury at not being able to do so, especially an effort to annihilate and destroy the Divine of the Lord, and this because all good and truth are from Him. But out of heaven a sphere of truth and good was perceived, whereby the fury of the effort ascending from hell was restrained. The result of this was an equilibrium. This sphere from heaven was perceived to come from the Lord alone, although it appeared to come from the angels in heaven. It is from the Lord alone, and not from the angels, because every angel in heaven acknowledges that nothing of good and truth is from himself, but all is from the Lord" (Heaven and Hell n. 538).


"It has been believed heretofore in the world that there is one devil that presides over the hells; that he was created an angel of light; but having become rebellious he was cast down with his crew into hell. This belief has prevailed because the devil and satan, and also lucifer, are mentioned by name in the Word, and the Word in those places has been understood according to the sense of the letter. But by "devil" and "satan" there hell is meant, "devil" meaning the hell that is behind, where the worst dwell, who are called evil genii; and "satan" the hell that is in front, where the less wicked dwell, who are called evil spirits; and "lucifer" those that belong to Babel, or Babylon, who would extend their dominion even into heaven. That there is no one devil to whom the hells are subject is evident also from this, that all who are in the hells, like all who are in the heavens, are from the human race (see n. 311-317); and that those who have gone there from the beginning of creation to this time amount to myriads of myriads, and every one of them is a devil in accord with his opposition to the Divine while he lived in the world" (Heaven and Hell n. 544). See Swedenborg, Emanuel.

http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org

Answer 8

"everlasting fire" (Matthew 25:41), "unquenchable fire" (Matthew 3:12), "shame and everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:2), a place where "their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:44-49), a place of "torments" and "flame" (Luke 16:23,24), "everlasting destruction" (2 Thessalonians 1:9), a place of torment with "fire and brimstone" where "the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever" (Revelation 14:10,11), and a "lake of fire and brimstone" where the wicked are "tormented day and night forever and ever" (Revelation 20:10). Jesus Himself indicates that the punishment in hell itself is everlasting - not merely the smoke and flames (Matthew 25:46).

Theres ALOT of passages.

Answer 9

mark 16:23 mark 9 ;43-46

Answer 10

Ask any teenager...as most on this forum seem to be... they will tell you it is being in the presence of an Adult for more than 3 min.