Psalms 115:17

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The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:5 : 5 Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you. 11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah. 12 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 115:18
    80%

    18But we will bless the Lord from now and forevermore. Praise the Lord!

  • Isa 38:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

    19The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.

  • Ps 6:5
    78%

    5Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • Eccl 9:5
    76%

    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • Ps 88:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you.

    11Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah.

  • Eccl 4:2
    75%

    2And I praised the dead who had already died, more than the living who are still alive.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    17They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Job 14:12
    72%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

    18For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his glory will not follow him down.

    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

  • Ps 115:16
    71%

    16The heavens belong to the Lord, but He has given the earth to the children of man.

  • Job 26:5
    71%

    5The dead tremble beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    17Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

  • Ps 150:6
    71%

    6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

    2I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being.

  • Ps 88:5
    71%

    5I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

    20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

  • Ps 113:1
    70%

    1Praise the Lord! Praise Him, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

  • Ps 115:5
    70%

    5They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    69%

    6'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.'

  • Ps 118:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17I shall not die, but I shall live and recount the deeds of the Lord.

    18The Lord has disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

  • Ps 115:7
    69%

    7They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.

  • Ps 116:15
    69%

    15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones.

  • Ps 135:1
    69%

    1Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; praise Him, you servants of the LORD!

  • Prov 9:18
    69%

    18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Ps 30:9
    69%

    9To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:

  • Ps 30:12
    69%

    12You have turned my mourning into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

  • Ps 69:34
    69%

    34For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise his prisoners.

  • Ps 89:48
    69%

    48Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!

  • Ps 113:3
    69%

    3From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • Ps 109:1
    68%

    1To the chief musician, a psalm of David, God of my praise, do not be silent.

  • Luke 20:38
    68%

    38He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for to him all are alive.

  • Ps 148:1
    68%

    1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights above!

  • Ps 30:3
    68%

    3O LORD, my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

  • Isa 38:11
    68%

    11I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."

  • Ps 28:1
    68%

    1To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 138:4
    68%

    4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth.