none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.
Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,
who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony for their own times.
And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
Speak, Thus says LORD: The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather.
But I am LORD thy God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?