Luke 16:23

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“In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.”

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BSBPD

“In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 16:23 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
  2. Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  3. Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
  4. Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
  5. Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
  6. Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  7. Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  8. Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
  9. Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
  10. Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
  11. Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
  12. Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  13. Matthew 8:11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
  14. Matthew 8:29“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
  15. Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
  16. Matthew 18:9And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
  17. Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
  18. Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
  19. Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
  20. Luke 16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
  21. 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
  22. 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
  23. Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
  24. Revelation 20:10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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