Psalms 89:48
No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)
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- Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety.(Selah)
- Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.
- Job 30:23 : 23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
- Ps 22:29 : 29 All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.
- Ps 49:7-9 : 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price 8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), 9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
- Eccl 3:19-20 : 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting. 20 Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.
- Eccl 8:8 : 8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
- Eccl 9:5 : 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.
- Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.
- John 8:51 : 51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”
- Acts 2:27 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
- 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.
- Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,
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46 How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
47 Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
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13 The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
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15 But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety.(Selah)
- Ps 49:8-92 verses78%
8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),
9 so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
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10 But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?
- Ps 88:10-112 verses76%
10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah)
11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
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5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
- Isa 38:10-112 verses75%
10 “I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’
11 “I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.
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49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
- Ps 39:4-52 verses74%
4 “O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)
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12 but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
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6 if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!
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28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
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4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
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2 He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
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32 And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,
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3 O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
4 People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
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9 “What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
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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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9 As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.
10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
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7 Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.
8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
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17 I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.
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23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
24 The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.
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16 O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’
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12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
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12 Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?
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21 to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
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18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
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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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3 For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.
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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.
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16 I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
17 Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
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22 Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
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10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.