Matthew 16:26
New Living Translation
26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[a] Is anything worth more than your soul?
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Mark 8:36-37
New Living Translation
36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[a] 37 Is anything worth more than your soul?
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Job 27:8
New Living Translation
8 For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off
and takes away their life?
Luke 12:20
New Living Translation
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
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Luke 9:25
New Living Translation
25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
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Psalm 49:7-8
New Living Translation
7 Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[a]
by paying a ransom to God.
8 Redemption does not come so easily,
for no one can ever pay enough
Footnotes
- 49:7 Some Hebrew manuscripts read no one can redeem the life of another.
Luke 16:25
New Living Translation
25 “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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Matthew 5:29
New Living Translation
29 So if your eye—even your good eye[a]—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
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- 5:29 Greek your right eye.
Job 2:4
New Living Translation
4 Satan replied to the Lord, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.
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Matthew 4:8-9
New Living Translation
8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
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