Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
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Cross references
- Psalm 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
- Isaiah 38:18–19 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
- Psalm 88:10–12 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?