Mark 8:36

What good is it to a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Matthew 4:8-10

The third time, the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and, showing him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor, said to him:

Matthew 16:26

What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?

Luke 9:25

What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'

Luke 16:19-23

There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.

Romans 6:21

But what were the fruits that you reaped from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of such things is Death.

Philippians 3:7-9

But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ's sake, come to count as loss.

Hebrews 11:24-26

It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of 'Son of a Daughter of Pharaoh.'

James 1:9-11

Let a Brother in humble circumstances be proud of his exalted position, but a rich Brother of his humiliation;

Revelation 18:7-8

for her self-glorification and her luxury, give her now an equal measure of torture and misery. In her heart she says 'I sit here a queen; no widow am I; I shall never know misery.'

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

Matthew 10:39
He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever is eager to get the most out of his life will lose it; but whoever will lose it shall preserve it.