Isaiah 38:18
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18 For Sheol cannot thank you;
death cannot praise you;
those who go down to the Pit cannot hope
for your faithfulness.(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.(A)
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Psalm 30:9
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9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?(A)
Psalm 6:5
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5 For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who can give you praise?(A)
Numbers 16:33
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33 So they with all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
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Luke 16:26-31
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26 Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 27 He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ 29 Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’(A) 30 He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’(B) 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”
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Matthew 25:46
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46 And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”(A)
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Matthew 8:12
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12 while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(A)
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Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death
Psalm 115:17-18
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17 The dead do not praise the Lord,
nor do any who go down into silence.(A)
18 But we will bless the Lord
from this time on and forevermore.
Praise the Lord!(B)
Psalm 88:10-11
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10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah(A)
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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