Isaiah 38:18

New Century Version

People in the place of the dead cannot praise you; those who have died cannot sing praises to you; those who die don’t trust you to help them.

Cross References

Psalm 28:1

Lord, my Rock, I call out to you for help. Do not be deaf to me. If you are silent, I will be like those in the grave.

Psalm 30:9

I said, “What good will it do if I die or if I go down to the grave? Dust cannot praise you; it cannot speak about your truth.

Psalm 6:5

Dead people don’t remember you; those in the grave don’t praise you.

Psalm 6:6

I am tired of crying to you. Every night my bed is wet with tears; my bed is soaked from my crying.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are ruined by their own evil, but those who do right are protected even in death.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Numbers 16:33

They were buried alive, going to the place of the dead, and everything they owned went with them. Then the earth covered them. They died and were gone from the community.

Matthew 25:46

“These people will go off to be punished forever, but the good people will go to live forever.”

Matthew 8:12

But those people who should be in the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”