Acts 27:38

After they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat [from Egypt] overboard into the sea.

Jonah 1:5

Then the sailors were afraid, and each man cried out to his god; and to lighten the ship [and diminish the danger] they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship and had lain down and was sound asleep.

Job 2:4

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

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not 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 [wealth, fame, success], but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Acts 27:18-19

On the next day, as we were being violently tossed about by the storm [and taking on water], they began to jettison the cargo;

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence 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

On the next day, as we were being violently tossed about by the storm [and taking on water], they began to jettison the cargo;

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

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

General references

Whoever is on the housetop must not go down [to enter the house], or go inside to take anything out of his house;

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

But whatever former things were gains to me [as I thought then], these things [once regarded as advancements in merit] I have come to consider as loss [absolutely worthless] for the sake of Christ [and the purpose which He has given my life].