Acts 27:38

And when they had eaten sufficiently, they began lightening the ship [so it would float higher] by throwing their wheat overboard.

Matthew 6:25

"So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear.

Matthew 16:26

For what benefit is it to a person if he gains the whole world [of material things] but [has to] give up his life [i.e., all the spiritual blessings]? Or what should a person give in exchange for his life?

Acts 27:18-19

As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large crowd of spectators [Note: Christians are pictured here as being in a crowded arena, performing in the games], we should lay aside every [excessive] weight and sin that so easily entangle us, and with perseverance, we should run the race [of life] that lies 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

As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].

General references

Also the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside] should not go down into his house to take anything out [when he flees].

For there are more important things in life than food, and [more important things about] your body than the clothing [you wear].

However, those things which were [once regarded as] gain to me, I have [now] considered to be loss for [the sake of] Christ.