Psalms 49:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 13:14 : 14 I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
  • Ps 86:13 : 13 For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.
  • Ps 89:48 : 48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death. 11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
  • Ps 31:5 : 5 Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 48What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

  • 14I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.

  • 3O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • 14Death 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.

  • Ps 16:9-10
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    9Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

    10For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

  • 28He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

  • Ps 49:8-9
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    8(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

    9So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

  • 27For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

  • 18Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me.

  • Job 14:13-14
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    73%

    13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

    14If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

  • 13For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.

  • 5Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

  • 20You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

  • Ps 6:4-5
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    4Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

    5For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

  • 16As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

  • 23Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

  • 3For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

  • Ps 116:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

    8You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

  • 9And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

  • 4See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.

  • 9But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 116:3-4
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    71%

    3The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

    4Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

  • 18He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

  • 58O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.

  • 30Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.

  • 13If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

  • 3He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

  • 3The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

  • 8And he will make Israel free from all his sins.

  • 26And ... without my flesh I will see God;

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    5Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

  • 6The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • 9What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

  • Ps 88:10-11
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    10Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

    11Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

  • 10I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

  • 5The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • 13Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

  • 18To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

  • 13Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • 18The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • 13Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

  • 22The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

  • 20When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.