Isaiah 38:18

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Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 “What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
  • Num 16:33 : 33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.
  • Ps 88:10-11 : 10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah) 11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
  • Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. 18 But we will praise the LORD now and forevermore. Praise the LORD!
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Luke 16:26-31 : 26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 27 So the rich man said,‘Then I beg you, father– send Lazarus to my father’s house 28 (for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said,‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’ 30 Then the rich man said,‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 He replied to him,‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 38:19
    81%

    19The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

  • Ps 6:5
    80%

    5For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

  • Ps 115:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

    18But we will praise the LORD now and forevermore. Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 30:9
    78%

    9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

  • Ps 30:3
    76%

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

  • Ps 88:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah)

    11Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

  • Ps 88:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

    5adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

  • Isa 38:17
    73%

    17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

  • Isa 14:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb.

    19But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the Pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

    20You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

  • Job 17:16
    72%

    16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

  • Ps 16:10
    72%

    10You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

  • Jonah 2:6
    71%

    6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

  • Job 3:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

    22who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

  • Ps 89:48
    71%

    48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)

  • Ezek 26:20
    70%

    20then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

  • Isa 14:15
    70%

    15But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.

  • Isa 14:9
    70%

    9Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

  • Acts 2:27
    70%

    27because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

  • Ezek 28:8
    70%

    8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

  • Job 30:24
    70%

    24The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

  • Job 14:13
    70%

    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Ps 31:17
    70%

    17O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

  • Job 38:17
    70%

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

  • Ps 63:9
    70%

    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Eccl 4:2
    70%

    2So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

  • Job 21:32
    70%

    32And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

  • Ps 49:15
    70%

    15But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety.(Selah)

  • Ps 28:1
    69%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Prov 9:18
    69%

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

  • Ezek 32:23
    69%

    23Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the Pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

  • Ps 71:20
    69%

    20Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

  • Ps 139:8
    69%

    8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

  • Eccl 9:5
    69%

    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.

  • Hos 13:14
    69%

    14The Lord Will Not Relent from the Threatened Judgment Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

  • Isa 26:14
    69%

    14The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

  • Ps 86:13
    69%

    13For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

  • Ps 118:18
    69%

    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

  • Ps 49:17
    69%

    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

  • Job 7:9
    69%

    9As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

  • Ps 18:5
    68%

    5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

  • Isa 5:14
    68%

    14So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

  • Ps 143:3
    68%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.