Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life?
1 Peter 1:18-19
because you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers,
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The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Ransom
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Ransom
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life?
1 Peter 1:18
because you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain mode of life received by tradition from your fathers,
General references
Luke 12:23
Life is a greater gift than food, and the body, than clothing.
Philippians 3:7
But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.