Psalms 115:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no remembrance of You: in the grave, who shall give You thanks?
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Will you show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah. 11 Shall your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark, and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day: the father shall make known Your truth to the children.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 115:18
    80%

    18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD.

  • Isa 38:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

    19The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day: the father shall make known Your truth to the children.

  • Ps 6:5
    78%

    5For in death there is no remembrance of You: in the grave, who shall give You thanks?

  • Eccl 9:5
    76%

    5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Ps 88:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Will you show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah.

    11Shall your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in destruction?

  • Eccl 4:2
    75%

    2Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise; therefore, You have visited and destroyed them and made all their memory to perish.

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes have they, but they do not see;

    17They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • Job 14:12
    72%

    12So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.

    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  • Ps 115:16
    71%

    16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S, but the earth He has given to the children of men.

  • Job 26:5
    71%

    5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    17Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

  • 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.

    2While I live, I will praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

  • Ps 88:5
    71%

    5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand.

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

    10He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

    20But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.

  • Ps 113:1
    70%

    1Praise the LORD. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

  • Ps 115:5
    70%

    5They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    69%

    6The LORD kills and makes alive: he brings down to the grave and brings up.

  • Ps 118:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

    18The LORD has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

  • Ps 115:7
    69%

    7They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat.

  • Ps 116:15
    69%

    15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

  • Ps 135:1
    69%

    1Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, O you servants of the LORD.

  • Prov 9:18
    69%

    18But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

  • Ps 30:9
    69%

    9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?

  • Ps 30:12
    69%

    12To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

  • Ps 69:34
    69%

    34Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.

  • Ps 89:48
    69%

    48What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah.

  • Ps 113:3
    69%

    3From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD's name is to be praised.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Ps 109:1
    68%

    1Do not remain silent, O God of my praise;

  • Luke 20:38
    68%

    38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

  • Ps 148:1
    68%

    1Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.

  • Ps 30:3
    68%

    3O LORD, you have brought my soul up from the grave; you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

  • Isa 38:11
    68%

    11I said, I shall not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall see man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

  • Ps 28:1
    68%

    1To you I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 138:4
    68%

    4All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.