Ecclesiastes 8:8
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so
Job 14:5
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5 Since their days are determined,
and the number of their months is known to you,
and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,(A)
Job 14:5
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Psalm 89:48
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48 Who can live and never see death?
Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah(A)
Psalm 89:48
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48 Who can live and not see death,
or who can escape the power of the grave?(A)
Hebrews 9:27
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27 And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once and after that the judgment,(A)
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Hebrews 9:27
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Isaiah 28:15
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(A)
Isaiah 28:15
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Ecclesiastes 3:21
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21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:21
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21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward(A) and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)
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- 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death
Proverbs 14:32
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Psalm 49:6-9
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6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?(A)
7 Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;[a]
there is no price one can give to God for it.(B)
8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(C)
9 that one should live on forever
and never see the Pit.(D)
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- 49.7 Or no one can ransom a brother
Psalm 49:6-9
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Psalm 9:17
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17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
all the nations that forget God.(A)
Psalm 9:17
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2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 For he was crucified in weakness but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him,[a] but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.(A)
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- 13.4 Other ancient authorities read with him
2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(A) yet he lives by God’s power.(B) Likewise, we are weak(C) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(D) in our dealing with you.
1 Corinthians 15:43
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43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:43
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43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;(A) it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
Isaiah 28:18
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18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.(A)
Isaiah 28:18
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Psalm 73:18-28
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18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.(A)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!(B)
20 They are[a] like a dream when one awakes;
on awaking you despise their phantoms.(C)
21 When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(D)
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me with honor.[b](E)
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(F)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[c] of my heart and my portion forever.(G)
27 Indeed, those who are far from you will perish;
you put an end to those who are false to you.(H)
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
to tell of all your works.(I)
Psalm 73:18-28
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18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(G)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(H) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(I) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(J)
24 You guide(K) me with your counsel,(L)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(M)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(N)
26 My flesh and my heart(O) may fail,(P)
but God is the strength(Q) of my heart
and my portion(R) forever.
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