Psalm 89:48

New International Reader's Version

Who can live and not die? Who can escape the power of the grave?

Cross References

Job 30:23

I know that you will bring me down to death. That’s what you have appointed for everyone.

Psalm 119:84

How long do I have to wait? When will you punish those who attack me?

Psalm 22:29

All rich people of the earth will feast and worship God. All who go down to the grave will kneel in front of him. Those who cannot keep themselves alive will kneel.

Psalm 39:6

People are only shadows as they go here and there. They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything. They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will finally get it.

Psalm 49:15

But God will save me from the place of the dead. He will certainly take me to himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one can stop the wind from blowing. And no one has the power to decide when they will die. No one is let out of the army in times of war. And evil won’t let go of those who practice it.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten.

John 8:51

What I’m about to tell you is true. Whoever obeys my word will never die.”

Acts 2:27

You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your holy one rot away.

2 Corinthians 4:14

We know that God raised the Lord Jesus from the dead. And he will also raise us up with Jesus. And he will present both you and us to himself.

Hebrews 11:5

Enoch had faith. So he was taken from this life. He didn’t die. “He couldn’t be found, because God had taken him away.” (Genesis 5:24) Before God took him, Enoch was praised as one who pleased God.

Hebrews 9:27

People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.