Isaiah 38:18
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”Isaiah 38:18
What Does Isaiah 38:18 Mean?
Isaiah 38:18 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 38, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 38:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 9:10“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”Zechariah 9:12“Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;”John 9:4“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”Psalms 115:17“The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.”Psalms 6:5“For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?”Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”John 17:15“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”Ecclesiastes 9:4“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”Psalms 28:1“Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.”Psalms 67:3“Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.”Psalms 88:10“Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.”Psalms 143:7“Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”Numbers 16:33“They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.”Proverbs 14:32“The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.”Matthew 8:12“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 25:46“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”Luke 16:26“And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.”Philippians 1:22“But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.”
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