Psalm 49:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

to stay alive for ever and safe from death.

Cross References

Psalm 16:10

I am your chosen one. You won't leave me in the grave or let my body decay.

Psalm 22:29

All who are rich and have more than enough will bow down to you, Lord. Even those who are dying and almost in the grave will come and bow down.

Psalm 89:48

No one can escape the power of death and the grave.

Proverbs 10:2

What you gain by doing evil won't help you at all, but being good can save you from death.

Proverbs 11:4

When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

We cannot control the wind or determine the day of our death. There is no escape in time of war, and no one can hide behind evil.

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? Not even prophets live for ever.

Acts 13:33

that he has kept this promise to us. It is just as the second Psalm says about Jesus, “You are my son because today I have become your Father.”

Acts 2:27

The Lord won't leave me in the grave. I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay.

Acts 2:31

David knew this would happen, and so he told us that Christ would be raised to life. He said that God would not leave him in the grave or let his body decay.