John 12:25
He that loves his life [in this world] loses it; and he that detests (does not love) his life in this world shall save it for everlasting life.
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Luke 14:26
You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.
Mark 8:35
Whoever would save his life will lose it. Whoever would lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
Matthew 16:25
He who wants to save his life will lose it. He who is willing to lose his life for my sake will find it.
Luke 17:33
He who seeks to gain his life will lose it. He who loses his life will preserve it.
Matthew 19:29
Everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will receive many times as much, and have everlasting life.
Luke 9:23-24
He told them all: If any man would come after me let him deny himself. Let him take up his stake (of self-denial) daily, and follow me.
Revelation 12:11
They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.
Genesis 29:30-33
Jacob slept with Rachel too. He loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
I hated life. Everything under the sun was evil to me. All is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Acts 20:24
I do not consider my life of any account. It is not dear to me so that I may finish the race, and I may accomplish the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to preach the good news of the grace of God.
Acts 21:13
Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Hebrews 11:35
Women received their dead by a resurrection, and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection: