Psalm 49:7

Easy To Read Version

No human friend can save you.\par And you can’t bribe {\cf2\super [292]} God.\par

Cross References

Esther 5:11

Haman started bragging about how rich he was. He was bragging to his friends about his many sons, and about all the ways the king had honored him. And he was bragging about how the king had promoted him higher than all the other leaders.

Proverbs 18:11

Rich people think that their wealth will protect them. They think that it is like a strong fort.

Jeremiah 9:22

“Jeremiah, say these things:\par ‘The Lord says,\par Dead bodies will lie in the fields\par like dung.\par Their bodies will lie on the ground\par like grain a farmer has cut.\par But there will be no one to gather them.’”\par

Hosea 12:9

“But I have been the Lord your God since \{the time you were in\} the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents—like during the time of the Tent of Meeting. {\cf2\super [136]}

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.

Matthew 20:28

It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”

Matthew 25:9

“The wise girls answered, ‘No! The oil we have might not be enough for all of us. But go to the people that sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

1 Timothy 2:6

Jesus gave himself to pay for \{the sins of\} all people. Jesus is proof \{that God wants all people to be saved\}. And he came at the right time.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that \{in the past\} you were living in a worthless way. You got that way of living from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that way of living. You were bought, but not with things that ruin like gold or silver.