Acts 27:38

When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Jonah 1:5

Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep.

Job 2:4

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Matthew 6:25

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Acts 27:18-19

The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 27:38

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

They lightened

General references

Mark 13:15

Luke 12:23

Philippians 3:7

Bible References

They lightened

The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

General references

The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.