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%

    18Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

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

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

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

  • Job 15:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29He 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.

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

  • 19He 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%

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

    10For 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.

    11The 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.

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

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

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Job 18:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

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

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

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

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

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

  • 15When 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%

    14As 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.

    15And 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?

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

  • 48What 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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 19...

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

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

  • 6Truly, 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%

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

    11For 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.

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

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

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

  • 5The 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.

  • 12So 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.

  • 20As 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.

  • 18For 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.