Cross references

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank You;

Death cannot praise You.

Those who descend to the Pit

cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:18 BSB

Isaiah 38:18 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 9:10 (9 votes) and Psalm 6:5 (8 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Numbers 16 to Philippians 1.

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Which verses does Isaiah 38:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  2. Psalm 6:58 votes

    For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

  3. Psalm 30:98 votes

    “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

  4. Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

  5. It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

  6. They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

  7. The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

  8. But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  9. And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

  10. And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’ ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house, …

Which verses point to Isaiah 38:18?

The 10 strongest of 27.