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 [because] we were violently battered by the storm, on the next [day] {they began} jettisoning [the cargo],
Job 2:4
Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.
Jonah 1:5
And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the {contents} that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And [meanwhile] Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep.
Matthew 6:25
"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?
Matthew 16:26
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,
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Mark 13:15
The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,
Luke 12:23
For life is more than food, and the body [more than] clothing.
Philippians 3:7
But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.