Psalms 49:7-9

7Truly no man acan ransom another,
or bgive to God cthe price of his life,
8for dthe ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
9that he should live on forever
and enever see the pit.

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord Will Not Relent

1Then the Lord said to me, f“Though gMoses hand Samuel istood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Ezekiel 14:14-16

14 jeven if these three men, kNoah, lDaniel, and mJob, were in it, nthey would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

15 oIf I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, pand it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts, 16even if these three men were in it, qas I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but rthe land would be desolate.

Ezekiel 14:20

20even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

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