Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
General references
Bible References
General references
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
Esther 4:14
"Don't imagine that because you are part of the king's household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father's household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!"
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
John 12:25
The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
Revelation 12:11
But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.