Verse 9

for the redemption of their soul is costly, and it ceases forever—

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:48 : 48 Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!
  • Ps 16:10 : 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You allow Your faithful one to see decay.
  • Ps 22:29 : 29 for the kingdom belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 No one has power over the wind to restrain it, and no one has power over the day of death. No one is discharged in the time of war, and wickedness will not save those who practice it.
  • Zech 1:5 : 5 Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
  • John 8:51-52 : 51 Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. 52 Then the Jews said, "Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets. Yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  • Acts 2:31 : 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
  • Acts 13:33 : 33 He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm, 'You are My Son; today I have begotten You.'
  • Acts 13:35-37 : 35 So it is also stated elsewhere: 'You will not let Your Holy One see decay.' 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his ancestors, and saw decay. 37 But He whom God raised did not see decay.