Psalms 49:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
  • Matt 25:9 : 9 ‘No,’ they replied.‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
  • 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:8
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    8(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

  • Lev 25:24-26
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    74%

    24In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.

    25“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.

    26If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,

  • Lev 25:47-49
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    73%

    47“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,

    48after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,

    49or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives– his family– may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself.

  • Ps 49:6
    73%

    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Prov 6:35
    72%

    35He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

  • Ps 34:22
    69%

    22The LORD rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.

  • Rom 3:10-12
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    69%

    10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,

    11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

    12All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

  • Lev 27:29
    69%

    29Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

  • Ruth 4:6
    69%

    6The guardian said,“Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it.”

  • Isa 52:3
    69%

    3For this is what the LORD says:“You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”

  • Job 28:15
    69%

    15Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Ps 44:12
    68%

    12You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.

  • Ps 72:14
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    14From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

  • Job 33:24
    67%

    24and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’

  • Isa 46:7
    67%

    7They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

  • Job 36:18-19
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    67%

    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Ps 130:8
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    8He will deliver Israel from all their sins.

  • Lev 25:51
    67%

    51If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,

  • Jer 31:11
    66%

    11For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.

  • Ezek 7:13
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    13The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life.

  • Ps 49:15
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    15But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety.(Selah)

  • Exod 21:30
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    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • 2 Sam 22:42
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    42They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

  • Job 22:6
    66%

    6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

  • Prov 21:18
    66%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 49:17
    66%

    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

  • Prov 23:11
    66%

    11for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

  • Ps 73:5
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    5They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

  • Ps 53:3
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    3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Isa 47:15
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    15They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you.”

  • Isa 57:12
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    12I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

  • Isa 59:4
    65%

    4No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

  • Isa 42:22
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    22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”

  • Job 10:7
    65%

    7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

  • Job 30:24
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    24The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,

  • Mic 7:2
    65%

    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.