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Psa 49:14 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Like		Psa 44:11; Jer 12:3; Rom 8:36
they		Job 17:13,14; Job 21:13,26; Job 30:23; Ecc 12:7; Isa 38:10,11
death		Job 24:19,20
upright		Psa 47:3; Dan 7:22; Mal 4:3; Luk 22:30; 1Cr 6:2; Rev 2:26,27; Rev 20:4,5
morning		Psa 30:5; Hsa 6:3
their		Psa 39:11; Job 4:21
beauty		or, strength
in the grave, etc.		or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them. Job 30:23

Correlating Passages

	Psa 44:11	Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
	Jer 12:3	But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
	Rom 8:36	As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

they

	Job 17:13	If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
	Job 17:14	I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
	Job 21:13	They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
	Job 21:26	They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
	Job 30:23	For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
	Ecc 12:7	Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
	Isa 38:10	I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
	Isa 38:11	I said, I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

death

	Job 24:19	Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.
	Job 24:20	The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

upright

	Psa 47:3	He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
	Dan 7:22	Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
	Mal 4:3	And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts.
	Luk 22:30	That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
	1Cr 6:2	Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
	Rev 2:26	And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
	Rev 2:27	And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
	Rev 20:4	And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
	Rev 20:5	But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.

morning

	Psa 30:5	For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
	Hsa 6:3	Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.

their

	Psa 39:11	When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.
	Job 4:21	Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

in the grave, etc.

Job 30:23

For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 49:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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