Bible Verses About Sheol
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sheol, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 576 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 9:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sheol
Ecclesiastes 9:1040 votes
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.
Psalms 55:1529 votes
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Psalms 86:1329 votes
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Luke 16:19-3129 votes
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Psalms 16:1028 votes
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Jonah 2:227 votes
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.
Hosea 13:1426 votes
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.
Luke 16:2325 votes
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Genesis 37:3523 votes
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.
Job 14:1323 votes
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!
Psalms 6:519 votes
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Job 7:918 votes
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
Amos 9:218 votes
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Acts 2:3117 votes
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Revelation 1:1816 votes
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.
Psalms 49:1515 votes
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Proverbs 15:2415 votes
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Acts 2:2714 votes
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
2 Thessalonians 1:914 votes
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Isaiah 14:913 votes
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.
Job 21:1312 votes
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Matthew 25:4612 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Acts 4:1212 votes
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Isaiah 38:1811 votes
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
James 3:611 votes
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
What does the Bible say about sheol?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 9:10 on the subject of sheol. Across 576 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 55:15, Psalms 86:13, Luke 16:19-31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.