Psalms 49:8

American Standard Version (1901)

(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. 19 Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 49:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    7None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;

  • Ps 49:9
    77%

    9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

  • Ps 72:14
    76%

    14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

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

  • Job 33:28
    70%

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

  • Lev 25:48-49
    2 verses
    70%

    48after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

    49or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

  • Ps 89:48
    70%

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

  • Mark 8:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

    37For what should a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Ps 34:22
    69%

    22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; And none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned.

  • Lev 25:26
    69%

    26And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

  • Hos 13:14
    69%

    14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

  • Lev 25:51-52
    2 verses
    69%

    51If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

    52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

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

  • Ps 130:8
    69%

    8And he will redeem Israel From all his iniquities.

  • Isa 52:3
    69%

    3For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

  • Ps 33:19
    68%

    19To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

  • Lev 27:29
    68%

    29No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 6:35
    68%

    35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  • Prov 23:11
    68%

    11For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

  • Prov 13:8
    68%

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

  • 1 Pet 1:18
    68%

    18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

  • Ps 49:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Job 28:15
    67%

    15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

  • Job 33:18
    67%

    18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

  • Ps 116:15
    67%

    15Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

  • Ps 73:4
    67%

    4For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

  • Job 33:24
    67%

    24Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

  • Job 33:22
    67%

    22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

  • Job 15:29
    67%

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

  • Job 28:13
    67%

    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Ezek 7:13
    67%

    13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

  • Job 36:18
    67%

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Ezek 18:4
    66%

    4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

  • Ps 69:18
    66%

    18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

    6As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

  • Matt 16:26
    66%

    26For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Lev 25:24
    66%

    24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

  • Lam 3:58
    66%

    58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

  • Isa 57:1
    66%

    1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come] .

  • Ps 44:12
    66%

    12Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.

  • Exod 21:30
    66%

    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.