Psalms 49:9

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Psalms 49:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,

9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.

10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

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What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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Proverbs 11:4

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

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Zechariah 1:5

Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Luke 16:22

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Psalms 16:10

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

John 8:51

Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”

John 8:52

“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

Acts 2:27

because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Acts 2:31

Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

Acts 13:33

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

Acts 13:35

So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

Acts 13:36

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

Acts 13:37

But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.