Psalm 49:7

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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

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

who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,

"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?