Psalm 49:7

Good News Translation

We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,

Cross References

Esther 5:11

He boasted to them about how rich he was, how many sons he had, how the king had promoted him to high office, and how much more important he was than any of the king's other officials.

Proverbs 18:11

Rich people, however, imagine that their wealth protects them like high, strong walls around a city.

Jeremiah 9:22

Dead bodies are scattered everywhere, like piles of manure on the fields, like grain cut and left behind by the reapers, grain that no one gathers. This is what the Lord has told me to say.”

Hosea 12:9

But I, the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, I will make you live in tents again, as you did when I came to you in the desert.

Matthew 16:26

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Matthew 20:28

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

Matthew 25:9

‘No, indeed,’ the wise ones answered, ‘there is not enough for you and for us. Go to the store and buy some for yourselves.’

Mark 8:37

There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,

1 Peter 1:18

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;