Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Dead

Psalm 6:5
For, in death, is no remembrance of thee, - In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee?
Psalm 30:9
What profit in my blood? in my going down into the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?
Psalm 88:10
For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? Selah.
Isaiah 38:18
For, hades, cannot praise thee Nor, death, celebrate thee, - They who go down to the pit cannot wait for thy faithfulness.

Go down

Psalm 31:17
O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless ha ashamed, go down in silence to hades!
1 Samuel 2:9
The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent, - For, by strength, shall no man prevail.