Matthew 16:26
for what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?
1 Peter 1:18-19
knowing that, not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain course of life handed down from your fathers;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?
1 Peter 1:18
knowing that, not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain course of life handed down from your fathers;
General references
Luke 12:23
for the soul is more than the food; and the body, than the clothing.
Philippians 3:7
But what things were gain to me, these I accounted loss for Christ.