• Matthew 16:18
    And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
     
  • Revelation 20:13-14
    The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
     
  • Matthew 11:23
    And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
     
  • Luke 10:15
    And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 15:55
    ' O Death, where is your sting?
    O Hades, where is your victory?'
     
  • Revelation 6:8
    So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
     


Related Scriptures

  • 2 Peter 2:4
    For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
     

For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Hades


Resources

Death Is Not the End (Part Seven)

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The biblical usage of the Greek word Hades actually means the grave or the pit, describing the place of burial. Every human that has died, with the exception of Jesus Christ, remains in his grave, whether it is in the earth or in the sea. All the dead await the resurrection in the sleep of death rather than going to heaven or …


Is There a Hell?

Herbert W. Armstrong Booklet

In most passages in the New Testament where the English word hell appears in translations the original Greek word was hades which does not refer to fire at all but has an altogether different meaning. The word hell is unfortunately used as the rendering of three distinct words with different meanings and it represents the hades …


Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Part One)

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

Hades is the Greek word for grave. The King James Version generically translates hades into hell as it also does the Greek words tartarus and gehenna . The rich man dies and is buried in hades . The rich man went to the same kind of place Jesus did when He died. The Father did not leave Jesus in hades .


Disproving Hell

Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Most of Protestant and Catholic theology is immersed in pagan concepts of hell, reinforced by Dante's Inferno. Here is what the Bible says, without tradition.


The Four Horsemen (Part Five): The Pale Horse

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Death rides a ghastly pale horse and is accompanied by Hades. The Four Horsemen picture God's judgment due to man's rejection of His way of life.


Heaven Must Wait

Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Going to heaven is not scriptural. The soul is not immortal; it is equivalent to life. Mankind does not have a soul; he is a soul, subject to death.


Did the Thief on the Cross Go to Heaven with Jesus Christ (Luke 23:43)?

Bible Questions & Answers

Jesus said He would be in the grave 3 days and 3 nights after His crucifixion. Given that, could the thief have been with Christ in Paradise that very day?


Eternal Torment?

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The Bible does not teach that hell is a place of eternal torment. Instead, God will eradicate all sin and wickedness, not punish the wicked forever.



For more resources, please see the library topic for Hades