Psalms 115:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 Let me not be confounded, O Lorde: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth. 19 But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 Hee will keepe the feete of his Saintes, and the wicked shall keepe silence in darkenes: for in his owne might shall no man be strong.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 115:18
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    18But we will prayse the Lorde from henceforth and for euer. Prayse ye the Lord.

  • Isa 38:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth.

    19But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth.

  • Ps 6:5
    78%

    5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?

  • Eccl 9:5
    76%

    5For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

  • Ps 88:10-11
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    75%

    10Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? Selah.

    11Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction?

  • Eccl 4:2
    75%

    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    73%

    16They haue a mouth, and speake not: they haue eyes and see not.

    17They haue eares and heare not, neither is there any breath in their mouth.

  • Job 14:12
    72%

    12So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.

    18For while he liued, he reioyced himselfe: and men will prayse thee, when thou makest much of thy selfe.

    19He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

  • Ps 115:16
    71%

    16The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes of men.

  • Job 26:5
    71%

    5The dead things are formed vnder the waters, and neere vnto them.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    17Let me not be confounded, O Lorde: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue.

  • Ps 150:6
    71%

    6Let euery thing that hath breath prayse the Lord. Prayse ye the Lord.

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Prayse ye the Lorde. Prayse thou the Lord, O my soule.

    2I will prayse the Lorde during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God.

  • Ps 88:5
    71%

    5Free among the dead, like the slaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand.

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

    20But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him.

  • Ps 113:1
    70%

    1Prayse ye the Lord. Prayse, O ye seruants of the Lorde, prayse the Name of the Lorde.

  • Ps 115:5
    70%

    5They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes and see not.

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    69%

    6The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

  • Ps 118:17-18
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    69%

    17I shall not die, but liue, and declare the woorkes of the Lord.

    18The Lorde hath chastened me sore, but he hath not deliuered me to death.

  • Ps 115:7
    69%

    7They haue handes and touche not: they haue feete and walke not: neither make they a sound with their throte.

  • Ps 116:15
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    15Precious in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saintes.

  • Ps 135:1
    69%

    1Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Name of the Lorde: ye seruants of the Lord, praise him.

  • Prov 9:18
    69%

    18But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.

  • Ps 30:9
    69%

    9What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?

  • Ps 30:12
    69%

    12Therefore shal my tongue praise thee and not cease: O Lorde my God, I will giue thankes vnto thee for euer.

  • Ps 69:34
    69%

    34Let heauen and earth praise him: the seas and all that moueth in them.

  • Ps 89:48
    69%

    48What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

  • Ps 113:3
    69%

    3The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising of ye sunne, vnto ye going downe of the same.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

  • Ps 109:1
    68%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Holde not thy tongue, O God of my praise.

  • Luke 20:38
    68%

    38For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which liue: for all liue vnto him.

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    1Praise ye the Lord. Prayse ye the Lord from the heauen: prayse ye him in the high places.

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    3O Lorde, thou hast brought vp my soule out of the graue: thou hast reuiued me from them that goe downe into the pit.

  • Isa 38:11
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    11I said, I shall not see the Lord, euen the Lord in the land of the liuing: I shall see man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

  • Ps 28:1
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    1A Psalme of Dauid. Vnto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit.

  • Ps 138:4
    68%

    4All the Kings of the earth shal praise thee, O Lorde: for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth.