שְׁאוֹל
she.ol
Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
a. the underworld
b. Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead
1. place of no return
2. without praise of God
3. wicked sent there for punishment
4. righteous not abandoned to it
5. of the place of exile (fig)
6. of extreme degradation in sin
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Concordance 64 verses
- Genesis 37:35 שְׁאֹ֑לָה
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Genesis 42:38 שְׁאֽוֹלָה׃
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
- Genesis 44:29 שְׁאֹֽלָה׃
Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
- Genesis 44:31 שְׁאֹֽלָה׃
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
- Numbers 16:30 שְׁאֹ֑לָה
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.”
- Numbers 16:33 שְׁאֹ֑לָה
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
- Deuteronomy 32:22 שְׁא֣וֹל
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.
- 1 Samuel 2:6 שְׁא֖וֹל
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- 2 Samuel 22:6 שְׁא֖וֹל
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- 1 Kings 2:6 שְׁאֹֽל׃ס
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
- 1 Kings 2:9 שְׁאֽוֹל׃
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.”
- Job 7:9 שְׁ֝א֗וֹל
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
- Job 11:8 מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹל
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
- Job 14:13 בִּשְׁא֬וֹל
If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
- Job 17:13 שְׁא֣וֹל
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- Job 17:16 שְׁאֹ֣ל
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Job 21:13 שְׁא֣וֹל
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
- Job 24:19 שְׁא֣וֹל
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
- Job 26:6 שְׁא֣וֹל
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- Psalms 6:5 בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
- Psalms 9:17 לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Psalms 16:10 לִשְׁא֑וֹל
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Psalms 18:5 שְׁא֣וֹל
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Psalms 30:3 שְׁא֣וֹל
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
- Psalms 31:17 לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
- Psalms 49:14 לִֽשְׁא֣וֹלשְׁא֗וֹל
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.
- Psalms 49:15 שְׁא֑וֹל
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
- Psalms 55:15 שְׁא֣וֹל
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Psalms 86:13 מִשְּׁא֥וֹל
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Psalms 88:3 לִשְׁא֥וֹל
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- Psalms 89:48 שְׁא֣וֹל
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- Psalms 116:3 שְׁא֣וֹל
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 139:8 שְּׁא֣וֹל
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
- Psalms 141:7 שְׁאֽוֹל׃
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- Proverbs 1:12 כִּשְׁא֣וֹל
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- Proverbs 5:5 שְׁ֝א֗וֹל
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
- Proverbs 7:27 שְׁא֣וֹל
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 9:18 שְׁא֣וֹל
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Proverbs 15:11 שְׁא֣וֹל
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
- Proverbs 15:24 מִשְּׁא֥וֹל
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- Proverbs 23:14 מִשְּׁא֥וֹל
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
- Proverbs 27:20 שְׁא֣וֹל
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- Proverbs 30:16 שְׁאוֹל֮
Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 בִּשְׁא֕וֹל
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Song of Solomon 8:6 כִשְׁא֖וֹל
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Isaiah 5:14 שְּׁאוֹל֙
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
- Isaiah 7:11 שְׁאָ֔לָה
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
- Isaiah 14:9 שְׁא֗וֹל
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
- Isaiah 14:11 שְׁא֛וֹל
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- Isaiah 14:15 שְׁא֛וֹל
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.