Hell Quotes & Bible Verses
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41).
“They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 13:42).
“So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace” (Matthew 13:49-50a).
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death” (Revelation 21:8).
“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind” (Isaiah 66:24).
“They, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb” (Revelation 14:10).
“The hell of hells will be the thought that is forever. The soul sees written over its head, “You are damned forever.” It hears howlings that are to be perpetual; it sees flames which are unquenchable; it knows pains that are unmitigated” (Charles Spurgeon).
“And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched’” (Mark 9:43-48).
“Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace” (Matthew 13:40-42).
“The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house—for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment’” (Luke 16:22-28).
“And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh” (Isaiah 66:24).
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:46).
“I am filled with fear and trembling, and all my bones are shaken at the thought of that unhappy country of the damned” (St. Bernard).
“I saw the torments of hell and those of purgatory, no words can describe them. Had poor mortals the faintest idea of them, they would suffer a thousand deaths rather than undergo the least of their torments in a single day” (St. Catherine of Siena).
“The natural fire that we see during this life has great power to burn and torment. Yet this is not even a shadow of the fire of Hell” (St. Anthony Mary Claret).
“The wicked bodies of the condemned shall simmer and blaze in those living fires” (St. Cyprian of Carthage).
“Alas! Of what kind is that place of wailing and of gnashing of teeth… at which even Satan shudders? O, Woe! What kind of place is it, where the unsleeping worm dies not? What dread misery to be sent into outer darkness? Of what kind of angels placed over these torments, when pitiless and frightful, punish by casting in there, while at the same time the reproach most grievously? Then shall those already in the midst of the torment cry out with pleading voices, and there will be no to speak for them to the Lord, and they shall not be heard” (St. Ephrem of Syria).
“Let us fancy we see hell, and imagine what is worst to behold – a horrible cavern full of black flames. Sulphur, devils, dragons, fire, swords, arrows, and innumerable damned who roar in despair. Imagine the worst you can, and then say, “All is nothing compared to hell” (St. Ignatius of Loyola).
“Alas! I could not bear the sight of them. How could I, as the mere noise of these despairing yells caused me an unbearable horror?” (Sy Lydwine of Schiedam).
“The whole extent of hell, the present suffering, the bitter recollection of the past, the hopeless prospect of the future, will never be thoroughly known except by those who go there” (J. C. Ryle).
“Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light” (William Law).
“You are not going to be lost when you get to hell. If you are without Christ, you are lost right now. Your trial is already over. You’ve already been sentenced. You’re just waiting for execution morning to roll around” (Lester Roloff).
“The lost enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded” (C.S. Lewis).
“What a compelling motive we have for prayer, for preaching, for soul winning when we learn that every responsible human being who leaves this world without a definite change in heart immediately lifts his eyes in Hell, tormented in flame!” (John R. Rice).
“Hell is the wrath of God–His hate of sin” (Philip James Bailey).
“Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven” (John Donne).
“Hell is more bearable than nothingness” (Philip James Bailey).
“When thou diest, thy soul will be tormented alone; that will be a hell for it, but at the day of judgment they body will join thy soul, and then thou wilt have twin hells, thy soul sweating drops of blood, and thy body suffused with agony. In fire exactly like that which we have on earth thy body will lie, asbestos-like, forever unconsumed, all they veins roads for the feet of pain to travel on, every nerve a string on which the devil shall forever play his diabolical tune of ‘Hell’s Unutterable Lament’” (Charles Spurgeon).
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love” (Fyodor Dostoyevsky).
“Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love” (Richard Bach).
“The fiery oven is ignited merely by the infinite wrath of God and will burn eternally” (Martin Luther).
“The dread of hell is the shadow of God’s justice, pressing upon the conscience of the sinner” (John Calvin).
“The wrath of God burns against them; their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready” (Jonathan Edwards).
“Hell is a place where hope is extinguished, and the worm of conscience gnaws forever” (John Wesley).
“Hell is not a place where God sends people; it’s where they arrive by rejecting Him” (R.C. Sproul).
“Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).
“The torments of hell abide forever; there is no intermission, no cessation” (George Whitefield).
“Hell is the ultimate display of God’s justice, where the unrepentant meet their due” (J.I. Packer).
“Hell is a place where the fire burns, but the conscience burns hotter” (Thomas Watson).
“In hell, thou shalt have none but a company of damned souls with an innumerable company of devils to keep thee company” (John Bunyan).
“Hell is the bottomless pit of despair, where the wicked sink under the weight of their sins” (Matthew Henry).
“Hell is the eternal consequence of a life lived in defiance of the divine will” (B.B. Warfield).
“Hell is truth seen too late—when the door of mercy is shut forever” (Richard Baxter).
“Hell is unspeakably real, consciously experienced, and eternally deserved by those who reject Christ” (John Piper).
“Hell is the prison where the soul is bound in chains of its own making” (William Gurnall).
“The greatest and hottest fires on earth are but ice compared to the fire of hell” (Thomas Brooks).
“Hell is the eternal abode of those who love darkness rather than light” (Charles Hodge).
“Hell is not annihilation, but the ceaseless suffering of the soul apart from God” (Albert Barnes).
“The eternity of hell corresponds to the eternity of the offense against an infinite God” (Francis Turretin).
“Hell is the place where mercy is forever silent, and justice speaks without restraint” (John Flavel).
“Hell is the freely chosen, eternal skid-row of the universe” (Timothy Keller).
“Hell’s torments are not mitigated by time; they grow sharper with every moment” (Philip Doddridge).
“Hell manifests the righteousness of God in the punishment of unrepentant sin” (John Murray).
“In hell, the damned curse their existence, yet cannot escape it” (Edward Payson).
“Hell is the furnace of wrath, heated seven times hotter by divine indignation.” (Cotton Mather).
“There is a dreadful hell, and everlasting pains; there sinners must with devils dwell in darkness, fire, and chains” (Isaac Watts).
“Hell is the eternal echo of a soul’s rejection of God’s grace” (Andrew Fuller).
“Hell is the ultimate separation, where the soul is cut off from all that is good” (Robert Haldane).
“Hell’s fire is unquenchable because the sin against God is infinite in its offense” (John Gill).
“Hell is the destiny of those who prefer self to God” (James Henley Thornwell).
“In hell, the damned are their own tormentors, gnawed by the worm that never dies” (William Perkins).
“Hell is the shadow cast by a life lived without God” (Alexander Maclaren).
“The pains of hell are the just reward of those who despise the gospel” (John Knox).
“Hell is not an arbitrary punishment, but the necessary outcome of rejecting infinite holiness” (Herman Bavinck).
“Hell is the place where God’s wrath is no longer tempered by His mercy” (Archibald Alexander).
“Hell is eternity in the presence of justice without mercy” (Donald Grey Barnhouse).
“Hell is the logical end of autonomy apart from God” (Cornelius Van Til)
“Hell’s eternity matches the eternity of God’s glory, which the damned have scorned” (William Ames).
“Hell is God’s jail, where the sentence is life without parole” (John Gerstner).
“Hell is real, eternal, and a testimony to the seriousness of human rebellion” (Wayne Grudem).
“Hell is the place where God’s ‘no’ to sin becomes final and forever” (Sinclair Ferguson).
“Hell is the monument of God’s justice, where His wrath is eternally displayed” (Stephen Charnock).
“Hell is a real place, and its miseries are as real as its existence” (J.C. Ryle).
“Hell is the eternal consequence of a creature daring to defy its Creator” (Abraham Kuyper).
“The damned in hell weep, but their tears purchase no relief” (George Gillespie).
“Hell is the eternal night where the light of God’s face never shines” (Ralph Erskine).
“In hell, the wicked find no rest, only the ceaseless storm of divine displeasure” (William Guthrie).
“Hell is the harvest of sin sown in time, reaped in eternity” (James Durham).
“Hell’s fire is fed by the guilt of sin and the fury of God” (Thomas Manton).
“Hell is the prison of despair, where the key of hope is forever lost” (Hugh Binning).
“The torments of hell are the wages of sin paid in full” (John Brown of Haddington).
“Hell is the echo of God’s holiness, sounding forever in the ears of the damned” (Ebenezer Erskine).
“One hour in hell will make men wish they had lived a thousand years for God” (Robert Murray M’Cheyne).
“Hell is the eternal destiny of those who refuse the eternal offer of grace” (John MacArthur).
“Hell is an eternity of woe, where every moment is a fresh wound” (Samuel Davies).
“In hell, the soul is its own executioner, tormented by its own rebellion” (David Clarkson).
“Hell is the dark abyss where the light of mercy never penetrates” (John L. Girardeau).
“Hell’s eternity is the mirror of God’s unchanging justice” (William Plumer).
“Hell is the portion of those who reject the Savior’s blood” (Charles Simeon).
“Hell is the eternal wail of a soul that chose self over Christ” (Octavius Winslow).
“The whole extent of hell, the present suffering, the bitter recollection of the past, the hopeless prospect of the future, will never be thoroughly known except by those who go there” (J.C. Ryle).
“Hell is nothing else but nature departed or excluded from the beam of divine light” (William Law).
“Hell is the full ripening of sin, where the harvest of rebellion is reaped eternally” (Horatius Bonar).
“To deny hell is to deny the holiness of God and the seriousness of sin” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones).
“In hell, the damned have no rest, no comfort, only the torment of their own guilt” (John Owen).
