40 Bible Verses about risk
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and he said, “Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.
The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.
Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”
‘Their leader shall be one of them,
And their ruler shall come forth from their midst;
And I will bring him near and he shall approach Me;
For who would dare to risk his life to approach Me?’ declares the Lord.
He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
and he said, “Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord;
who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.
Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.
David had a craving and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.
Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die.
I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren;
In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.
When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David, for they could not be seen entering the city.
Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater.
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”
Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth,
In pain you will bring forth children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And he will rule over you.”
