Mark 9:44
where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
Matthew 3:12Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew 25:46And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Mark 9:48where their worm does not perish, and the fire is not quenched.
Revelation 14:10he also himself will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which was mixed undiluted in the cup of his anger. And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone before the holy agents and before the Lamb.
Revelation 20:15And if any man was found not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:42-50
Pain to Be Preferred to Sin. 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be… Read the whole commentary →