Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Bible References

And a time to lose

Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has given up home or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and in addition will be in possession of eternal life.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.
Mark 10:28
Then Peter started to say to Him, "We have left everything we had and followed you."
Luke 9:24
For whoever chooses to save his lower life will lose his higher life, but whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will save his higher life.

And a time to cast

Acts 27:19
and on the next day with their own hands they threw the ship's tackle overboard.
Philippians 3:7
But for Christ's sake I have counted all that was gain to me as loss.
Hebrews 10:34
For you showed sympathy with those who were in prison and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, for you knew that you had in yourselves and in heaven one that was lasting.