Psalms 49:8
(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?
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- Ps 49:6-72 verses86%
6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
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9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
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14 From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
- Ps 49:14-152 verses73%
14 They 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.
15 But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety.(Selah)
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28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
- Lev 25:48-492 verses70%
48 after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,
49 or 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.
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48 No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)
- Mark 8:36-372 verses70%
36 For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
37 What can a person give in exchange for his life?
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22 The LORD rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.
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26 If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,
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14 The 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 25:51-522 verses69%
51 If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,
52 but 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 49:17-193 verses69%
17 For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.
18 He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:“May men praise you, for you have done well!”
19 But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.
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8 He will deliver Israel from all their sins.
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3 For this is what the LORD says:“You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”
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19 by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.
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29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.
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35 He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
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11 for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.
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8 The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.
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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,
- Ps 49:11-122 verses67%
11 Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,
12 but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
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15 Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
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18 He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.
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15 The LORD values the lives of his faithful followers.
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4 For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.
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24 and 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,’
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22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.
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29 He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
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13 Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
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13 The 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.
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18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
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4 Indeed! 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.
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18 Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!
- Eccl 9:5-62 verses66%
5 For 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.
6 What 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.
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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?
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24 In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.
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58 ר(Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life.
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1 The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
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12 You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.
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30 If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.