Psalms 49:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:

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  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you. 19 Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6Those who 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 forever, and not see corruption.

  • 14He shall redeem their lives 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 he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

    49Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him; or if he is able, he may redeem himself.

  • 48What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah.

  • Mark 8:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

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

  • 22The LORD redeems the soul of his servants: and none of those who trust in him shall be desolate.

  • 26And if the man has nothing to redeem it, and himself is able to redeem it;

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

  • Lev 25:51-52
    2 verses
    69%

    51If there be yet many years remaining, according to them he shall refund the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

    52And if there remain but few years to the year of Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years shall he refund the price of his redemption.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

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

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.

    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 says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.

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

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

  • 35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be content, though you give many gifts.

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

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

  • 18Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

  • Ps 49:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

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

    12Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

  • 15It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

  • 18He keeps 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 pains in their death; but their strength is firm.

  • 24Then He is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.

  • 22Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • 29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

  • 13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • 13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, though they are yet alive; for the vision concerns 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 takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

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

  • 18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor 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 forever in anything that is done under the sun.

  • 26For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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

  • 58O Lord, You have defended my soul's cause; You have redeemed my life.

  • 1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

  • 12You sell Your people for nothing and do not increase Your wealth by their price.

  • 30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life whatever is imposed on him.