Psalm 49:9
New Living Translation
9 to live forever
and never see the grave.
Psalm 89:48
New Living Translation
48 No one can live forever; all will die.
No one can escape the power of the grave.[a] Interlude
Footnotes
- 89:48 Hebrew of Sheol.
Psalm 16:10
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John 8:51-52
New Living Translation
51 I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”
52 The people said, “Now we know you are possessed by a demon. Even Abraham and the prophets died, but you say, ‘Anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!’
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Acts 2:31
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31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.
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Acts 2:27
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27 For you will not leave my soul among the dead[a]
or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
Luke 16:22-23
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22 “Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet.[a] The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and he went to the place of the dead.[b] There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
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Zechariah 1:5
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5 “Where are your ancestors now? They and the prophets are long dead.
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
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8 None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
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Proverbs 11:4
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4 Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,
but right living can save you from death.
Proverbs 10:2
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2 Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
but right living can save your life.
Psalm 22:29
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29 Let the rich of the earth feast and worship.
Bow before him, all who are mortal,
all whose lives will end as dust.
Acts 13:35-37
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35 Another psalm explains it more fully: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’[a] 36 This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed. 37 No, it was a reference to someone else—someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.
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Acts 13:33
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33 and God has now fulfilled it for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus. This is what the second psalm says about Jesus:
‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.[a]’
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