The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward. ([Eccl. 9 : 5].)
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise. ([Is. 26 : 14].)
Reward and Punishment to be Bestowed in this World.
Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, much more the wicked and the sinner. ([Prov. 11 : 31].)
Reward and Punishment to be Bestowed in the Next World.
And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. ([Rev. 20 : 12].)
Then he shall reward every man according to his works. ([Mat. 16 : 27].)
According to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. ([2 Cor. 5 : 10].)