Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
Behold
Bible References
Behold
2 Kings 1:10
Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, “So if I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty [fighting men].” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
Let my life
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Hear me, I have played the fool and have done a very great wrong [to you].”
Psalm 49:8
For the ransom of his soul is too costly,
And he should cease trying forever—
For the ransom of his soul is too costly,
And he should cease trying forever—
Psalm 72:14
He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.
He will redeem their life from oppression and fraud and violence,
And their blood will be precious in His sight.
Psalm 116:15
Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].
Proverbs 6:26
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],
And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],
And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
Matthew 16:25 For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].
Acts 20:24
But I do not consider my life as something of value or dear to me, so that I may [with joy] finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify faithfully of the good news of God’s [precious, undeserved] grace [which makes us free of the guilt of sin and grants us eternal life].