Mark 8:36

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

Job 2:4

And Satan answered the LORD and said, Skin for skin, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God? For he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Psalm 49:17

for in his death he shall carry nothing away; nor shall his glory descend after him.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; in desolation thou shalt cause them to fall.

Malachi 3:14

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his law and that we walk mournfully before the LORD of the hosts?

Matthew 4:8-10

Again, the devil took him up into an exceeding high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them

Matthew 16:26

For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged if he gains the whole world, having destroyed himself or having suffered the loss of himself?

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 16:19-23

There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day;

Romans 6:21

What fruit had ye then in those things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Philippians 3:7-9

But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.

Hebrews 11:24-26

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

James 1:9-11

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in his high status;

Revelation 18:7-8

As much as she has glorified herself and lived deliciously, give her that much torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

General references

Bible References

General references

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?
Matthew 10:39
He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.
Luke 17:33
Whosoever shall seek to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall cause it to live.