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Want to know what the Bible says about Hades? Here are 148 Bible verses about Hades from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Psalm 88:10-12 NIV
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness in Destruction ?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
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Jude 1:6 NIV
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
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Ezekiel 18:20 NIV
The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.
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Psalm 55:15 NIV
Let death take my enemies by surprise;
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,
    for evil finds lodging among them.
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Proverbs 9:18 NIV
But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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Isaiah 38:18 NIV
For the grave cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;
those who go down to the pit
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.
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Psalm 89:48 NIV
Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?
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Revelation 20:15 NIV
Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Jonah 2:2 NIV
He said:
“In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7 NIV
and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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