Psalms 49:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • Matt 25:9 : 9 But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.
  • 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

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  • Ps 49:8
    86%

    8(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

  • Lev 25:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

    25If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

    26And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

  • Lev 25:47-49
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    73%

    47And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

    48After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

    49Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.

  • Ps 49:6
    73%

    6Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Prov 6:35
    72%

    35He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

  • Ps 34:22
    69%

    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.

  • Rom 3:10-12
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    69%

    10As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

    11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

    12They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

  • Lev 27:29
    69%

    29Any man given completely to the Lord may not be got back: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • Ruth 4:6
    69%

    6And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.

  • Isa 52:3
    69%

    3For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.

  • Job 28:15
    69%

    15Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

    8A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Ps 44:12
    68%

    12You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

  • Ps 72:14
    68%

    14He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

  • Job 33:24
    67%

    24And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

  • Isa 46:7
    67%

    7They put him on their backs, and take him up, and put him in his fixed place, from which he may not be moved; if a man gives a cry for help to him, he is unable to give an answer, or get him out of his trouble.

  • Job 36:18-19
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    67%

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  • Ps 130:8
    67%

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

  • Lev 25:51
    67%

    51If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.

  • Jer 31:11
    66%

    11For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

  • Ezek 7:13
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    13For the trader will not go back to the things for which he had his price, even while he is still living:

  • Ps 49:15
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    15But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

  • Exod 21:30
    66%

    30If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • 2 Sam 22:42
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    42They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

  • Job 22:6
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    6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

  • Prov 21:18
    66%

    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 49:17
    66%

    17For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

  • Prov 23:11
    66%

    11For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

  • Ps 73:5
    66%

    5They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

  • Ps 53:3
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    3Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

  • Prov 11:4
    65%

    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • Isa 47:15
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    15Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.

  • Isa 57:12
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    12I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

  • Job 15:29
    65%

    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.

  • Isa 59:4
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    4No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

  • Isa 42:22
    65%

    22But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

  • Job 10:7
    65%

    7Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

  • Job 30:24
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    24Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

  • 1 Pet 1:18
    65%

    18Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

  • Mic 7:2
    65%

    2The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

  • Lev 25:39
    65%

    39And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;