Luke 9:24
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it.
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Luke 9:24
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it.
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Genesis 43:14
May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
1 Samuel 19:5
for he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
2 Samuel 10:12
Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
Esther 4:16
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
Romans 16:4
who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
Philippians 2:30
because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
1 Samuel 12:20
Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.
Matthew 16:22
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
Matthew 16:23
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
Matthew 16:28
Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mark 8:33
But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
Mark 8:38
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Mark 9:34
But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.
John 13:36
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”
John 13:37
Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
John 14:3
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
John 21:19
Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
John 21:22
Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”
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Job 2:4
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Jonah 1:5
Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.
Acts 27:19
On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.
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Proverbs 5:8
Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
Proverbs 5:9
lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
Proverbs 5:10
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
Proverbs 5:11
You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
Proverbs 5:12
and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Proverbs 5:13
I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
Proverbs 5:14
I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
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Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 6:3
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies. Lover
1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
1 Corinthians 3:23
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
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Psalms 44:22
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
Matthew 5:11
“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 10:18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:9
“Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
Mark 4:17
They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Mark 13:9
“But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
Mark 13:13
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
John 15:21
But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
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Matthew 18:9
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
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Matthew 27:32
As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
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Mark 3:4
He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.
Luke 6:9
Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”
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Mark 8:12
He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Luke 24:46
He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Acts 3:14
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 3:15
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
Acts 4:10
may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.
1 Peter 2:21
For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
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Mark 10:28
Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed you.”
Mark 10:29
Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
Mark 10:30
but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
Philippians 3:8
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 11:24
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,
Hebrews 11:26
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
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Mark 15:21
They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.
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Luke 9:1
He called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
Luke 9:20
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
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Luke 9:8
and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
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Luke 9:9
Herod said, “I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.
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Luke 9:39
Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
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Luke 9:56
For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.
Luke 13:23
One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,
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Luke 11:2
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Luke 21:36
Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
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Luke 4:4
Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”
Luke 8:14
What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity.
Luke 12:15
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Deuteronomy 33:9
He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
Luke 9:59
He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
Luke 9:60
But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
Luke 9:61
Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
Luke 9:62
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
Acts 26:19
“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Acts 26:20
but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
2 Corinthians 5:16
Therefore we know no one according to the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
Galatians 1:11
But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
Galatians 1:12
For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:16
to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
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Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
Luke 21:12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Luke 21:17
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
John 16:33
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,
Revelation 2:3
You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
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John 6:39
This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
John 6:40
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up in the last day.
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Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
Isaiah 53:4
Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.
Isaiah 53:8
He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
Isaiah 53:9
They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 53:11
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Matthew 17:12
but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
Acts 2:23
him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
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Luke 17:32
Remember Lot’s wife!
Galatians 2:1
Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
Galatians 2:6
But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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Romans 6:4
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
1 Corinthians 15:36
You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
2 Corinthians 4:12
So then death works in us, but life in you.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
Revelation 1:18
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
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1 Corinthians 13:3
If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
James 2:14
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
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