שְׁאוֹל
she.ol
hell: Sheol
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Occurrences in Scripture
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All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.
Genesis 42:38He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
Genesis 44:29If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’
Genesis 44:31it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.
Numbers 16:30But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
Numbers 16:33So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
1 Samuel 2:6“Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
2 Samuel 22:6The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
1 Kings 2:6Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
1 Kings 2:9Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
Job 7:9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
Job 11:8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
Job 14:13“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!
Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Job 17:16Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
Job 24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
Psalms 6:5For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 16:10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
Psalms 18:5The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
Psalms 30:3Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Psalms 31:17Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.
Psalms 55:15Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.
Psalms 86:13For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
Psalms 89:48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?
Psalms 116:3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
Psalms 141:7“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
Proverbs 1:12Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
Proverbs 9:18But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Proverbs 23:14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
Proverbs 30:16Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Isaiah 7:11“Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 14:11Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.