Esther 4:13
and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,
Proverbs 24:10-12
Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
Matthew 16:24-25
Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
John 12:25
he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;
Philippians 2:30
because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.
Hebrews 12:3
for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.