Psalms 88:11

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:30 : 30 that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?
  • Job 26:6 : 6 The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:12-14
    3 verses
    85%

    12Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

    13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 88:10
    84%

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

  • Ps 89:48-49
    2 verses
    79%

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

    49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • Ps 6:5
    76%

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

  • Isa 38:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

    18Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

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

  • Ps 88:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 30:9
    73%

    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 77:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

    8Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

    9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)

  • Job 38:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

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

  • Job 14:13
    71%

    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 16:10
    71%

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

  • Ps 86:13
    71%

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

  • Ps 92:2
    71%

    2It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,

  • Ps 139:8
    70%

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

  • Ps 85:6
    70%

    6Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

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

  • Ps 40:11
    70%

    11O LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

  • Ps 89:5
    70%

    5O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

  • Ps 119:88
    70%

    88Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed.

  • Ps 89:46
    70%

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

  • Hos 13:14
    70%

    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!

  • Ps 30:3
    70%

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

  • 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!

  • Acts 2:27
    69%

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

  • Ps 36:5
    69%

    5O LORD, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

  • Ps 115:17
    69%

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

  • 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 89:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.

    2For I say,“Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”

  • Job 30:24
    68%

    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.

  • Ps 130:3
    68%

    3If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

  • Ps 42:8
    68%

    8By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the God of my life.

  • Ps 31:17
    68%

    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!

  • Isa 14:9
    68%

    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 13:35
    68%

    35Therefore he also says in another psalm,‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’

  • Isa 14:20
    68%

    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.

  • Jonah 2:6
    68%

    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.

  • Isa 28:18
    68%

    18Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.