2 Kings 1:14
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14 Look, fire came down from heaven and consumed the two former captains of fifty men with their fifties, but now let my life be precious in your sight.”
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Acts 20:24
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24 But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.(A)
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Matthew 16:25-26
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25 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
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Proverbs 6:26
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26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[a]
but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.(A)
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- 6.26 Cn Compare Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb for because of a harlot to a piece of bread
Psalm 116:15
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15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful ones.(A)
Psalm 72:14
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14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and precious is their blood in his sight.(A)
Psalm 49:8
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8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(A)
2 Kings 1:10-11
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10 But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.(A)
11 Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up[a] and said to him, “O man of God, this is the king’s order: Come down quickly!”
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- 1.11 Gk: Heb He answered
1 Samuel 26:24
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24 As your life was precious today in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he rescue me from all tribulation.”(A)
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1 Samuel 26:21
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21 Then Saul said, “I have done wrong; come back, my son David, for I will never harm you again, because my life was precious in your sight today; I have been a fool and have made a great mistake.”(A)
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