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Psalm 16:10

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

8I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
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The words “you will not leave” confront the prospect of death with trust in God, making abandonment as much a concern as the grave itself.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Acts 2:27–31because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.Acts repeats the psalm's words about being left in the realm of the dead and the Holy One escaping decay.
Acts 13:35–38Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’Acts quotes the psalm's assurance that God will not allow his Holy One to see decay.
Psalm 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.Both speak of the soul and Sheol, grounding hope in God's power to rescue and receive.
John 20:9For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.Psalm 16 expresses confidence that God will preserve life; John speaks of Scripture concerning Jesus rising from the dead.
Revelation 1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.Psalm 16 trusts God against abandonment to death; Revelation presents the living Jesus holding authority over Death and Hades.
Revelation 20:13The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.Psalm 16 anticipates release from Sheol; Revelation describes Death and Hades giving up the dead for judgment.
Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up …Sheol appears in both: Psalm 16 voices trust against abandonment there, while Isaiah portrays the dead gathering to meet someone.
Luke 1:35The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you …Both use the words “holy one”; Luke identifies the child to be born as the Son of God.
Luke 16:23In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.Both name the realm of the dead; Psalm 16 trusts God against abandonment there, while Luke describes a man in torment.
Psalm 86:13For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.Both speak of God saving the soul from Sheol, with Psalm 86 expressing thanks for deliverance.
Where this verse fits

Death and what comes after. grief. fear for the future.

What the Bible says about death →What the Bible says about grief →What the Bible says about fear →
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Encouragement

Death is real, and this confidence rests on God's power to preserve life. The risen Jesus declares that he holds the keys of Death and Hades.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).