Psalms 49:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

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  • Deut 29:19 : 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 ‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.›
  • Acts 12:20-22 : 20 ¶ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's [country]. 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
  • Rev 13:3-4 : 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
  • 1 Sam 25:6 : 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace [be] both to thee, and peace [be] to thine house, and peace [be] unto all that thou hast.
  • Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    81%

    15¶ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

    16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

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  • Ps 49:19
    78%

    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  • Ps 49:9-13
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    72%

    9That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.

    10For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

    11Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.

    12Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

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  • Ps 89:48
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    48What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

  • Eccl 4:2
    71%

    2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

  • Isa 38:18-19
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    71%

    18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

    19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Ps 72:15
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    15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.

  • Job 21:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

    33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.

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    2The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

  • Ps 25:13
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    13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

  • Ps 115:17-18
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    17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

    18But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

  • Job 33:28
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    28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Ps 146:1-2
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    70%

    1¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

    2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Job 14:21-22
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    69%

    21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.

    22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.

  • Ps 72:17
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    17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

  • Gen 15:15
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    15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Ps 17:14
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    14From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.

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    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

  • Ps 112:2
    68%

    2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

  • Job 21:23
    68%

    23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Job 18:17
    68%

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

  • Ps 63:4
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    4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

  • Eccl 6:6
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  • Eccl 6:3
    68%

    3If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.

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    24¶ Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

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  • Prov 13:22
    68%

    22¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

  • Job 27:15
    67%

    15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

  • Job 3:22
    67%

    22Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?

  • Job 15:29
    67%

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

  • Job 21:25
    67%

    25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.