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.

Matthew 10:37

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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.

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.

Philippians 3:8

I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. I suffered the loss of all things. Yet I count them as refuse (garbage) (dung) that I may gain Christ.

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.

Psalm 73:25-26

Who have I in heaven but you? I desire none on earth except you.

Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said of his father and mother: 'I have not seen them; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons. They observed your word and kept your covenant.'

Genesis 29:30-31

Jacob slept with Rachel too. He loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Deuteronomy 13:6-8

If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your very best friend tries to secretly entice you, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods, gods neither you nor your fathers have known,

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man have two wives and loves one more than the other. The first son of either wife is the man's first-born son, even if the boy's mother is the wife he does not love. A man near death and dividing up his property must give a double share to his first-born son. This is because he was the first to be born.

Job 7:15-16

I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.

Ecclesiastes 2:17-19

I hated life. Everything under the sun was evil to me. All is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Malachi 1:2-3

I have loved you, said Jehovah. You replied: How have you loved us? Was Esau Jacob's brother? Responded Jehovah: Yet I loved Jacob.

Romans 9:13

It is written: I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

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Philippians 3:8

Yea

Acts 20:24

Revelation 12:11

General references

Bible References

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Who said of his father and mother: 'I have not seen them; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons. They observed your word and kept your covenant.'

Who have I in heaven but you? I desire none on earth except you.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. I suffered the loss of all things. Yet I count them as refuse (garbage) (dung) that I may gain Christ.

Yea

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.

General references

Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took two of his servants and his son Isaac with him. He had cut the wood for the burnt offering. Then he set out for the place that God had told him about.

Hobab answered: No, I am going back to my native land.

He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.

Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him.

Another explained: 'I am newly married and I cannot come.'

Things that offered gain to me I count a loss for Christ.