Psalms 49:8

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 36:18-19 : 18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 19 Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?
  • 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

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

    7Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

  • Ps 49:9
    77%

    9so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

  • Ps 72:14
    76%

    14From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

  • Ps 49:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

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

  • Job 33:28
    70%

    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

  • Lev 25:48-49
    2 verses
    70%

    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 89:48
    70%

    48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)

  • Mark 8:36-37
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    70%

    36For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

    37What can a person give in exchange for his life?

  • Ps 34:22
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:26
    69%

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

  • Hos 13:14
    69%

    14The Lord Will Not Relent from the Threatened Judgment Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

  • Lev 25:51-52
    2 verses
    69%

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

    52but if only a few years remain until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

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

    18He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:“May men praise you, for you have done well!”

    19But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

  • Ps 130:8
    69%

    8He will deliver Israel from all their sins.

  • Isa 52:3
    69%

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

  • Ps 33:19
    68%

    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

  • Lev 27:29
    68%

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

  • Prov 6:35
    68%

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

  • Prov 23:11
    68%

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

  • Prov 13:8
    68%

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

  • 1 Pet 1:18
    68%

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

  • Ps 49:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

    12but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

  • Job 28:15
    67%

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

  • Job 33:18
    67%

    18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

  • Ps 116:15
    67%

    15The LORD values the lives of his faithful followers.

  • Ps 73:4
    67%

    4For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.

  • 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,’

  • Job 33:22
    67%

    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • Job 15:29
    67%

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

  • Job 28:13
    67%

    13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

  • Ezek 7:13
    67%

    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.

  • Job 36:18
    67%

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

  • Ezek 18:4
    66%

    4Indeed! All lives are mine– the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

  • Ps 69:18
    66%

    18Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.

    6What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.

  • Matt 16:26
    66%

    26For 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?

  • Lev 25:24
    66%

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

  • Lam 3:58
    66%

    58ר(Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.

  • Isa 57:1
    66%

    1The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

  • Ps 44:12
    66%

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

  • Exod 21:30
    66%

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