Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
They lightened
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Bible References
They lightened
Acts 27:18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Job 2:4
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life.
Jonah 1:5
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the lower part of the ship; and he had lain down, and was fast asleep.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing?
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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Mark 13:15
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
Luke 12:23
The life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Philippians 3:7
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.