Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 No one has power over the wind[a] to restrain the wind[b] or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.(A)
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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)
Psalm 89:48
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48 Who can live and never see death?
Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah(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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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)
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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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
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 9:17
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17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
all the nations that forget God.(A)
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
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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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)
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)
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