Psalms 49:18

American Standard Version (1901)

Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

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  • Deut 29:19 : 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
  • Acts 12:20-22 : 20 Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country. 21 And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people shouted, [saying], The voice of a god, and not of a man.
  • Rev 13:3-4 : 3 And [I saw] one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast; 4 and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? And who is able to war with him?
  • 1 Sam 25:6 : 6 and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

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    15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {{Selah

    16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

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  • Ps 49:19
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    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

  • Ps 49:9-13
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    9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

    11Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

    12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

    13This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. {{Selah

  • Ps 89:48
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    48What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {{Selah

  • Eccl 4:2
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    2Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

  • Isa 38:18-19
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    18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

    19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Ps 72:15
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    15And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long.

  • Job 21:32-33
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    32Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

    33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

  • Ps 41:2
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    2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

  • Ps 25:13
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    13His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.

  • Ps 115:17-18
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    17The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

    18But we will bless Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye Jehovah.

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    28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

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    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Ps 146:1-2
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    1Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

    2While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Job 14:21-22
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    69%

    21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

    22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

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    2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Ps 72:17
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    17His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.

  • Gen 15:15
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    15But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

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    14From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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    19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers] ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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    2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

  • Job 21:23
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    23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

  • Ps 146:4
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    4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

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    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

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    4So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

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  • Eccl 6:3
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    3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

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    24Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

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    22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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    15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

  • Job 3:22
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    22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

  • Job 15:29
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    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

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    25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?