Psalms 49:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 ... 19 ...
  • 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

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

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

  • Ps 49:9
    77%

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

  • Ps 72:14
    76%

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

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

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

  • Job 33:28
    70%

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

  • Lev 25:48-49
    2 verses
    70%

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

    49 Or 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 89:48
    70%

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

  • Mark 8:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

    37 And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Ps 34:22
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:26
    69%

    26 And 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;

  • Hos 13:14
    69%

    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.

  • Lev 25:51-52
    2 verses
    69%

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

    52 And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

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

    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.

  • Ps 130:8
    69%

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

  • Isa 52:3
    69%

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

  • Ps 33:19
    68%

    19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • Lev 27:29
    68%

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

  • Prov 6:35
    68%

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

  • Prov 23:11
    68%

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

  • Prov 13:8
    68%

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

  • 1 Pet 1:18
    68%

    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,

  • Ps 49:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Job 28:15
    67%

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

  • Job 33:18
    67%

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

  • Ps 116:15
    67%

    15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.

  • Ps 73:4
    67%

    4 For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.

  • Job 33:24
    67%

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

  • Job 33:22
    67%

    22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

  • Job 15:29
    67%

    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.

  • Job 28:13
    67%

    13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

  • Ezek 7:13
    67%

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

  • Job 36:18
    67%

    18 ...

  • Ezek 18:4
    66%

    4 See, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so the soul of the son is mine: death will be the fate of the sinner's soul.

  • Ps 69:18
    66%

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

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    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.

    6 Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

  • Matt 16:26
    66%

    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?

  • Lev 25:24
    66%

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

  • Lam 3:58
    66%

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

  • Isa 57:1
    66%

    1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

  • Ps 44:12
    66%

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

  • Exod 21:30
    66%

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