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
For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?
Psalm 30:9
“What gain is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?
Psalm 88:11
Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Psalm 115:17
It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

They that

Numbers 16:33
They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:46
“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Luke 16:26
Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

General references

Psalm 67:3
Let the peoples praise You, God;
let all the peoples praise You.
Ecclesiastes 9:4
But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Matthew 5:4
Those who mourn are blessed,
for they will be comforted.

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