Psalm 49:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life; there is no price one can give to God for it.

Cross References

Esther 5:11

and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall.

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak! Thus says the Lord: “Human corpses shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves behind the reaper, and no one shall gather them.”

Hosea 12:9

I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of the appointed festival.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”

Matthew 25:9

But the wise replied, ‘No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’

Mark 8:37

Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself a ransom for all —this was attested at the right time.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold