Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot sing your praise; and those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.

Psalm 6:5

In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are?

Psalm 30:9

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

Numbers 16:33

So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That's how they were annihilated from the assembly.

Psalm 88:10-11

Can you perform wonders for the dead? Can departed spirits stand up to praise you? Interlude

Psalm 115:17-18

Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.

Matthew 8:12

But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Matthew 25:46

These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

Luke 16:26-31

Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Bible References

The grave

Psalm 6:5
In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are?
Psalm 30:9
"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"
Psalm 88:11
Can your gracious love be declared in the grave or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Psalm 115:17
Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.

They that

Numbers 16:33
So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That's how they were annihilated from the assembly.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.
Matthew 8:12
But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 25:46
These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."
Luke 16:26
Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

General references

Psalm 67:3
Let the people thank you, God. Let all the people thank you.
Ecclesiastes 9:4
"While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion."
Matthew 5:4
"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!

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