Hades

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

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.

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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.

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.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

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:

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.

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.