Psalms 49:8
(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
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Psalms 49:8
(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
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Psalms 49:6
Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
Psalms 49:7
Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
Psalms 49:8
(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
Psalms 49:9
So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
Luke 16:22
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
Luke 16:23
And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
Psalms 52:5
But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
Psalms 52:6
The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:
Psalms 52:7
See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
Job 31:24
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Psalms 62:10
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
Proverbs 18:11
The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.
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Psalms 49:2
High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Psalms 49:10
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
Psalms 49:11
The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
Psalms 49:12
But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Psalms 49:13
This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
Psalms 49:14
Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
Psalms 49:15
But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)
Psalms 49:16
Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 49:17
For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Psalms 49:18
Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
Psalms 49:19
He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
Psalms 49:20
Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
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Matthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Job 36:18
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Mark 8:36
What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
Mark 8:37
And what would a man give in exchange for his life?
Exodus 21:30
If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
Job 2:4
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
Proverbs 13:8
A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
Jeremiah 41:8
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.
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1 Peter 1:18
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
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1 Peter 1:19
But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
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1 Samuel 3:1
Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.
Psalms 116:15
Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Proverbs 6:26
For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
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Job 30:23
For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
Psalms 89:48
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
Hebrews 9:27
And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;
Ecclesiastes 2:16
Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
Ecclesiastes 3:19
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
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Job 33:24
And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
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Psalms 49:5
What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?
Zephaniah 1:18
Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
Job 36:19
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Ezekiel 7:19
They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.
Luke 12:21
So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
Proverbs 10:2
Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
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1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.
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1 Samuel 26:24
And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.
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Psalms 73:18
You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Psalms 73:19
How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
Psalms 73:20
As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
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