Quotes About Sheol

in Sheol there is no retribution and all its inhabitants are equal, without regard to their former status or behavior in life. Raising up from Sheol, a common biblical motif, does not refer to resurrection from death—a later belief as well—but to deliverance from near death (seePs.

For death holds no mention of You. In Sheol who can acclaim You? -Psalm 6:6

Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there" (Psalm 139:7-8).

Probably most people who read the Bible think of Sheol as a Jewish kind of Hades, a shadowy place where everyone goes and all are treated the same, a banal and uninteresting netherworld where nothing really happens and people are, in effect, bored for all eternity. But in fact, in most passages of the Bible where Sheol is mentioned, it may well simply be an alternative technical term for the place where an individual is buried—that is, their grave or a pit.

not mere references to the body in the grave, but to locations of the spiritual soul as well. Sheol is a combined term that describes both the grave for the body and the underworld location of the departed souls of the dead. In the New Testament, the word Hades is used for the underworld, which was the Greek equivalent of Sheol.[98]

He turned to the startled king, still kneeling on the floor stunned. He threw the sword clanging onto the floor by Saul. "That is what you should have done." Saul was speechless. Samuel said, "I am going to Ramah. Our paths shall never cross again — this side of Sheol." Samuel left.

Obs were mediums and necromancers condemned by Torah, the Law of God. They were to be executed by the state for their spiritually heinous activity of consulting the dead and divining spirits. In Philistia, such activities were not outlawed as they were in Israel, but were rather encouraged. The Ob's residence stood on the outskirts of the city near the foothills, because of the spiritual nature of mountains as cosmic connections between heaven and earth, and as gateways to Sheol.

It was in Bashan that the first of the mighty warrior giants appeared. They became kings called the Rephaim and they spread out on the land to rule after the Watchers came down from heaven. These Rephaim had first ruled the cities then led their evil minions in the great Titanomachy." He took a deep breath. "They were hunted down and cast into Sheol by the archangels, where they remained to this day." Uriel nodded.

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.”

They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

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.

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.