Psalm 49:9

Easy To Read Version

No person will ever get enough money\par to buy the right to live forever,\par and to save his own body\par from rotting in the grave.\par

Cross References

Psalm 16:10

Why? Because, Lord, you will not leave\par my soul in the place of death.\par You will not let your faithful one rot\par in the grave. {\cf2\super [88]} \par

Psalm 22:29

Strong, healthy people have eaten\par and bowed down before God.\par In fact, all people,\par those who will die\par and those who are already dead,\par will bow down before God!\par

Psalm 89:48

No person will live and never die.\par No person will escape the grave.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [514]})\i0 \par

Proverbs 10:2

If a person gets money by doing bad things, then that money is worthless. But doing good can save you from death.

Proverbs 11:4

On the day God judges people, money is worth nothing. But goodness will save people from death.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No person has the power to keep his spirit from leaving. No person has the power to stop his death. During war, a soldier does not have the freedom to go any place he wants to go. In the same way, if a person does evil, that evil won’t allow him to be free.

Zechariah 1:5

God said, “Your ancestors are gone. And those prophets did not live forever.

Acts 13:33

We are their children (descendants), and God has made this promise come true for us. God did this by raising Jesus from death. We also read about this in Psalm 2:

Acts 2:27

because you will not leave me\par in the place of death. {\cf2\super [31]} \par You will not let the body of your Holy One rot in the grave.\par

Acts 2:31

David knew this before it happened. That is why David said this about that person: