He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

There were also women looking on from afar: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

And when we had sailed over the sea near Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

And, with difficulty passing it, came unto a place which is called The Fair Havens; near to which was the city of Lasea.

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our less respectable parts have greater respect.

Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes less one.

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

I sent him therefore the more eagerly, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked for, but that we receive a full reward.