52 Bible Verses about Purgatory (KJV)

Here are 52 Bible verses about purgatory, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV

¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment 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.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 5:26 KJV

²⁶Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Hebrews 9:27 KJV

²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Corinthians 3:15 KJV

¹⁵If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Revelation 21:27 KJV

²⁷And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Hebrews 9:27-28 KJV

²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: ²⁸So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Corinthians 3:11-15 KJV

¹¹For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹²Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; ¹³Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. ¹⁴If any man’s …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Revelation 20:12 KJV

¹²And 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.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Luke 12:47 KJV

⁴⁷And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Peter 3:19 KJV

¹⁹By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Peter 4:6 KJV

⁶For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Corinthians 3:13 KJV

¹³Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 12:36-37 KJV

³⁶But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 5:48 KJV

⁴⁸Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Revelation 21:1-27 KJV

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. ²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Hebrews 12:14 KJV

¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Zechariah 9:11 KJV

¹¹As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Revelation 20:13-14 KJV

¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. ¹⁴And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Hebrews 12:23 KJV

²³To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 18:34-35 KJV

³⁴And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. ³⁵So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 John 5:16-17 KJV

¹⁶If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. ¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 10:28 KJV

²⁸And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Revelation 21:8 KJV

⁸But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Peter 3:18-22 KJV

¹⁸For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: ¹⁹By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; ²⁰Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Peter 3:15 KJV

¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV

⁵²In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Hebrews 12:29 KJV

²⁹For our God is a consuming fire.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Corinthians 3:13-15 KJV

¹³Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. ¹⁴If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. ¹⁵If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

John 20:19-24 KJV

¹⁹Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. ²⁰And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. ²¹Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Luke 12:43-47 KJV

⁴³Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ⁴⁴Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. ⁴⁵But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; ⁴⁶The lord of that servant will come in a …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 12:32 KJV

³²And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Revelation 6:9-11 KJV

⁹And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: ¹⁰And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? ¹¹And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

2 Corinthians 7:1 KJV

¹Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Isaiah 6:7 KJV

⁷And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

John 14:6-12 KJV

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. ⁷If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. ⁸Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. ⁹Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

John 14:1-6 KJV

¹Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. ²In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. ⁴And whither I go ye know, and the way ye …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Matthew 7:21-23 KJV

²¹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? ²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Malachi 3:3 KJV

³And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Isaiah 48:10 KJV

¹⁰Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Ecclesiastes 9:10 KJV

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Psalm 148:1-14 KJV

¹Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. ²Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. ³Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. ⁴Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. ⁵Let them praise the name of the Lord: …

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

2 Peter 2:9 KJV

⁹The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹²For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Corinthians 15:29 KJV

²⁹Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Romans 6:23 KJV

²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Acts 2:31 KJV

³¹He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Jeremiah 10:5 KJV

⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Psalm 115:17 KJV

¹⁷The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Genesis 37:35 KJV

³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

1 Peter 1:15 KJV

¹⁵But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse

Ephesians 4:8-10 KJV

⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. ⁹(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Full Chapter | Parallel Translations | Explain Verse