Psalms 16:10

David trusts that God will not abandon his soul to the grave or let his Holy One see corruption. It matters because it is a direct prophecy of Christ's resurrection.

Cross-references · 23

• Acts 2:27–31Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Acts 13:35–38Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Ps 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
• Rev 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Rev 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
• Isa 14:9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
• Deut 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
• 1 Cor 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
• Isa 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
• 1 Cor 15:50–55Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
• Num 6:6All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
• Ps 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
• Lev 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
• Luke 4:34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
• Prov 15:11Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
• Job 11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
• Prov 27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Acts 3:14–15But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
• Ps 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
• Amos 9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

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