Matthew 16:26
For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?
Philippians 3:8-9
Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ
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For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Wisdom
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Wisdom
Matthew 16:26
For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?
Philippians 3:8
Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ