And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at first.

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

If he rises again, and walks about upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be clear: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate not come loose from the ephod.

And you shall put it on with a blue lace, that it may be upon the turban; upon the front of the turban it shall be.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

And they did bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it high on the turban; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

And you shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

Then goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of the Archites to Ataroth,

And the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of lower Bethhoron.

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is its name until this day.

And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.

Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the animals.

But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God has punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and has given us such deliverance as this;

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king's loss.

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, who is a worm?

If I have eaten its fruit without payment, or have caused its owners to lose their life:

How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Luxury is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave fine linen, shall lose hope.

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and worthless.

Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell securely, that say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great abundance of your enchantments.

Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less shall it be fit yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the satraps might give accounts unto them, and the king should suffer no loss.

He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

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?

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

There were also women looking on from afar: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

And when we had sailed over the sea near Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

And, with difficulty passing it, came unto a place which is called The Fair Havens; near to which was the city of Lasea.

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our less respectable parts have greater respect.

Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes less one.

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

I sent him therefore the more eagerly, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward.