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1. Hell is not mentioned in the Old Testament. ...
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Deu_32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
2Sa_22:6 The sorrows of
hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Job_11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than
hell; what canst thou know?
Job_26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Psa_9:17 The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psa_16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in
hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psa 15:10 Origen's Greek Hexapla - ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς
ᾅδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν.
This OT verse, is even directly cited in the NT texts (Act. 2:27-31, 13:35-38):
Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in
hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Act 2:27 GNT TR - οτι ουκ εγκαταλειψεις την ψυχην μου εις
αδου ουδε δωσεις τον οσιον σου ιδειν διαφθοραν
Act 13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psa_18:5 The sorrows of
hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Psa_55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into
hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Psa_86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest
hell.
Psa_116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psa_139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
Pro_5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on
hell.
Pro_7:27 Her house is the way to
hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Pro_9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of
hell.
Pro_15:11
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Pro_15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from
hell beneath.
Pro_23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from
hell.
Pro_27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Isa_5:14 Therefore
hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Isa_14:9
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.
Isa_14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to
hell, to the sides of the pit.
Isa_28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with
hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isa_28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with
hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isa_57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto
hell.
Eze_31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to
hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Eze_31:17 They also went down into
hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
Eze_32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of
hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Eze_32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to
hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Amo_9:2 Though they dig into
hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Jon_2:2 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.
Hab_2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as
hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
