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 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 88:10
Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah
Isaiah 38:18
For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Go down

Psalm 31:17
Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent in Sheol.
1 Samuel 2:9
He guards the steps of His faithful ones,
but the wicked perish in darkness,
for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

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