31 Bone-Chilling Bible Verses: The Truth Doesn’t Have to be Scary

The Bible is full of inspiration, wisdom and truth, but sometimes the truth can be a little scary.

The question is: Does it really have to be?

Since you can’t enter October without at least a thought of the spooky and creepy things, I thought I would take this opportunity to highlight some of the less mentioned verses of the Bible. Are they less mentioned because they are less important or less appropriate?

Not at all.

The truth is, they can be intimidating or feel threatening, especially to those who don’t have a personal relationship with Christ.

We have a tendency to share only the loving side of our Creator. The Bible is full of verses that give us hope, bring us peace, inspire us, and comfort us in our times of trouble or sorrow. These are also very important and just as full of truth. However, it’s dangerous to ignore that we have a just and jealous God who willingly gave his only son so that we could live eternally with him in heaven. This gift to us came with a great cost to our Lord, and although it is free to us who are willing to humble ourselves and accept Christ into our lives, rejecting this precious gift will cost us our very soul.

If that doesn’t give you the chills, I don’t know what will.

The good news is, these truths don’t have to be scary at all! John 8:32 of the Bible says, “…If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

The word of God is the key to the truth, but you have to be willing to seek that truth. You have to believe that truth. John 3:16 of the Bible says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

That verse confirms how much God sacrificed for us and why, but the verse that follows confirms God’s hope for the entire world.

One of the amazing things about God is that he loves us enough to give us free will to choose the fate of our own soul. God isn’t going to make us choose Him over the world. He simply gives us the truth, and we make the choice.

What will you choose?

I hope you enjoy reading these verses, but if you find them scary, I pray they prompt you to seek the real truth about them.

You can also find these on my Facebook page where I posted one verse for each day in October. Enjoy!

1. “The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: But he blessed the habitation of the just.” Proverbs 3: 33, KJV
2. “But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew 18:6, KJV
3. “For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10, KJV
4. “The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.” Proverbs 4:19, KJV
5. “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” Isaiah 13:11, KJV
6. “And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;” Genesis 3: 17, KJV
7. “And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.” Luke 16:24, KJV
8. “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” Leviticus 20:13, KJV
9. “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:31, KJV
10. “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” Revelations 6:17, KJV
11. “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3: 36, KJV
12. “So shall it be at the end of the world: And the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,” Matthew 13:49, KJV
13. “And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:50, KJV
14. “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 quenched:” Mark 9:43, KJV
15. “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,” John 5:28, KJV
16. “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:29, KJV
17. “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, who the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:” 2 Thessalonians 2:8, KJV
18. “But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” Luke 12:5, KJV
19. “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” Revelations 20:12, KJV
20. “God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.” Nahum 1:2, KJV
21. “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21, KJV
22. “And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:23, KJV
23. “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.” Mark 13:8, KJV
24. “And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.” Exodus 11:6, KJV
25. “And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.” Deuteronomy 8:19, KJV
26. “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:8, KJV
27. “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16, KJV
28. “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire during with brimstone.” Revelations 19:20, KJV
29. “The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.” Psalm 34:16
30. “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Revelations 20:14, KJV
31. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelations 20:15, KJV