Psalms 49:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

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

  • 14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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

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

  • Lev 25:48-49
    2 verses
    70%

    48After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

    49Either his unc, or his unc's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be ab, he may redeem himself.

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

  • Mark 8:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

    37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • 22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

  • 26And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be ab to redeem it;

  • 14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

  • Lev 25:51-52
    2 verses
    69%

    51If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

    52And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubi, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

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

  • 8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

  • 3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

  • 19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

  • 29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

  • 35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  • 11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

  • 8The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  • 18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

  • Ps 49:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • 15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

  • 18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

  • 15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

  • 4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

  • 24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

  • 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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

  • 13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • 13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

  • 18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • 4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

  • 18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

  • 26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • 24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

  • 58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

  • 1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

  • 12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

  • 30If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.