Verse 9

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:48 : 48 No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)
  • Ps 16:10 : 10 You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
  • 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.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • 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.
  • Zech 1:5 : 5 “As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 “Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
  • John 8:51-52 : 51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.” 52 Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
  • Acts 2:31 : 31 David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.
  • Acts 13:33 : 33 that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm,‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’
  • Acts 13:35-37 : 35 Therefore he also says in another psalm,‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’ 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay, 37 but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.