2 Thessalonians 1:9

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They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

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  • Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
  • 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
  • Isa 2:21 : 21 so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.
  • Isa 2:10 : 10 Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the LORD, from his royal splendor!
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
  • Rev 20:14 : 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death– the lake of fire.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
  • Rev 14:10-11 : 10 that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name.”
  • Isa 66:24 : 24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.”
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
  • Matt 24:30 : 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”
  • Mark 9:43-49 : 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 47 If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched. 49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
  • Luke 13:27 : 27 But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’
  • Luke 16:25-26 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. 26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’
  • John 5:14 : 14 After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him,“Look, you have become well. Don’t sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you.”
  • Isa 33:14 : 14 Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
  • Gen 3:8 : 8 The Judgment Oracles of God at the Fall Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the orchard.
  • Gen 4:16 : 16 So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.
  • Job 21:14 : 14 So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
  • Job 22:17 : 17 They were saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
  • Ps 51:11 : 11 Do not reject me! Do not take your holy Spirit away from me!
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

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