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<a href="../matthew/28.htm">Matthew 28:1-10</a>; <a href="../mark/16.htm">Mark 16:1-8</a>; <a href="../luke/24.htm">Luke 24:1-12</a>; <a href="../john/20.htm">John 20:1-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Both low and high, rich and poor, together.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Nevertheless man being in honor stays not: he is like the beasts that perish.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Be not you afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The American King James Version is Produced by Stone Engelbrite. 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