Psalms 88:11

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

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  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
  • Job 26:6 : 6 Sheol is naked before him; Abaddon has no covering.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Death and destruction lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of humans!
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the path is broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:12-14
    3 verses
    85%

    12Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

    13Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

    14But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you.

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

  • Ps 89:48-49
    2 verses
    79%

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

    49Who can live and not see death? Who can escape the power of the grave? Selah

  • 76%

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

  • Isa 38:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

    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 88:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    3Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

    4For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

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

    6Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care.

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

  • Ps 77:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7I remember my song in the night; I meditate with my heart, and my spirit searches diligently.

    8Will the Lord reject forever and never again show His favor?

    9Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end for all generations?

  • Job 38:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

    17Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

  • 13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You allow Your faithful one to see decay.

  • 13For great is Your steadfast love toward me; You have delivered my life from the depths of Sheol.

  • 2It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High.

  • 8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.

  • 6Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all generations?

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

    15Like sheep, they are appointed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will decay in the grave, far from lofty dwellings.

  • 11I have not hidden Your righteousness in my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and salvation. I have not concealed Your love and truth from the great assembly.

  • 5'I will establish your offspring forever and build your throne for all generations.' Selah

  • 88Give me life according to Your lovingkindness, that I may keep the testimonies of Your mouth.

  • 46You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

  • 14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

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

  • 20Though you have shown me many troubles and hardships, you will revive me again. From the depths of the earth, you will bring me up again.

  • 27because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

  • 5He plans wickedness on his bed; he positions himself on a way that is not good; he does not despise evil.

  • 17The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

  • 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 89:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1A contemplation by Ethan the Ezrahite.

    2I will sing of the LORD's steadfast love forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations with my mouth.

  • 24Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster.

  • 3If You, LORD, keep a record of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?

  • 8Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

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

  • 9Sheol below stirs up to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the dead—all the leaders of the earth—and raises from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • 35So it is also stated elsewhere: 'You will not let Your Holy One see decay.'

  • 20You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

  • 6The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • 18Your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.