Acts 27:38

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

Jonah 1:5

Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

Job 2:4

Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Matthew 6:25

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, 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 shall a man give in return for his soul?

Acts 27:18-19

Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

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Summary

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

Bible References

They lightened

Acts 27:18
Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.
Job 2:4
Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
Jonah 1:5
Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
Matthew 6:25
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, 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 shall a man give in return for his soul?
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

General references

Mark 13:15
Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,
Luke 12:23
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Philippians 3:7
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

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