Psalms 49:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

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  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;
  • Job 27:19 : 19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • Eccl 5:15 : 15 And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
  • Isa 5:14 : 14 For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
  • Luke 12:20 : 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?
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
  • 1 Cor 15:43 : 43 It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:
  • Job 1:21 : 21 With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    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,

    19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

    20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • 16 Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

  • Job 15:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

    30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

  • 19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

  • Ps 49:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

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

    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.

    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.

    12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • 32 He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

    10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

  • Job 18:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

    17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

    18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

    19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

  • 4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

  • 15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

  • Eccl 5:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

    15 And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

  • 17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

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

  • Job 20:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

    8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

    9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.

  • 21 His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

  • 4 In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

  • 7 For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

  • 21 For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

  • 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

  • 18 All the kings of the earth are at rest in glory, every man in his house,

  • 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.

  • 28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • 24 Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

  • 13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

  • 19 ...

  • 24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

  • 2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

  • 6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

    11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

  • 6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

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

  • 21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • 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.

  • 12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

  • 20 As for your fathers, you will not be united with them in their resting-place, because you have been the cause of destruction to your land, and of death to your people; the seed of the evil-doer will have no place in the memory of man.

  • 18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.