14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ 15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? 16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Job 17:14–16
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Baruch 3:10–12
10 How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead, (WEB) 11 that you are counted with those who are in Hades? (WEB) 12 You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom. (WEB)
Psalms 30:8–10
8 To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy: 9 “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness? 10 Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
Job 38:16–18
16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Job 37:19–21
19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness. 20 Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ? 21 Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept th…
Job 7:20–21
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ? 21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I wi…
4 Maccabees 10:1–3
1 Now this one endured this praiseworthy death. The third was brought along, and exhorted by many to taste and save his life. (WEB) 2 But he cried out and said, “Don’t you know that the father of those who are dead is my father also, and that the same mother bore me, an… (WEB)
Psalms 88:10–12
10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah 11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ? 12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Job 6:12–14
12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze? 13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me? 14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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