Matthew 16:25
For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
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Esther 4:14For if thou shalt altogether hold thy peace at this time, then will there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house will be destroyed: and who knoweth, whether thou hast come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Mark 8:35For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
John 12:25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it to life eternal.
Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:25-28
The Value of the Soul. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man… Read the whole commentary →