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 Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 22:2

Can a man be useful to God, as he who is wise may be useful to himself?

Psalm 49:17

for when he dies he shall take nothing away; his glory shall not go down after him.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, It is vain to serve God; and, What profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

Matthew 4:8-10

Again, the Devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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 profited if he gains the whole world and loses himself, or is cast away?

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry.

Luke 16:19-23

There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you have then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Philippians 3:7-9

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

Hebrews 11:24-26

Having become great, Moses by faith refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

James 1:9-11

But let the humble brother rejoice in his exaltation;

Revelation 18:7-8

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

General references

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?
Matthew 10:39
He who finds his life shall lose it. And he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.