Gulf See also Hell; Misery awful gulf separates wicked from tree of life, 1Â Ne. 12:18 (15:28). chains bind men captive down to eternal gulf of misery and woe, 2Â Ne. 1:13 (Alma 26:20; Hel. 5:12). word leads man of Christ across gulf of misery, Hel. 3:29.