And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.

Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Whoever tries to make his life secure

will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Women received their dead—they were raised to life again. Some men were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection,

They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death.

Hateth

Jacob slept with Rachel also, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

General references

Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

Whoever tries to make his life secure

will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.