Psalm 30:9

"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

Psalm 6:5

For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

Psalm 88:10-12

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

Psalm 115:17-18

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

Psalm 118:17

I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Isaiah 38:18

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

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Summary

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

General references

Bible References

What

Psalm 6:5
For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
Psalm 88:10
Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
Psalm 115:17
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.
Psalm 118:17
I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
Isaiah 38:18
Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

General references

Psalm 107:19
They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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