29 Bible Verses about Loss

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:

saying to them, Men, I perceive that this voyage is going to be with peril and much loss, not only with the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.

And not many days afterward the younger son gathering all together, departed into a far-off country; and there wasted his substance living riotously.

And it came to pass consecutively, He departed into a city called Nain; and His many disciples and a great multitude went along with Him. And when He drew nigh unto the gate of the city, behold, a dead man, an only born son to his mother, and she a widow, was indeed being carried out: and a great multitude of the city was along with her. And the Lord seeing her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, Weep not.

But I proclaim to those who have married, not I, but the Lord, That a wife shall not depart from her husband (but if indeed she may depart, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled unto her husband); and that the husband shall not send away the wife. But I say to the rest, not the Lord, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is willing to live with him, let him not send her away.read more.
And if any wife has an unbelieving husband, and he is willing to live with her, let her not send away her husband. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the brother. Since then your children are unclean; but now they are holy. But if the unbeliever departs, let him or her depart; the brother or the sister has not been enslaved in such things. God has called you in peace.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles may be fulfilled.

through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and true;

And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods. And having called him, he said to him, What is this which I hear concerning thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou art not able to be steward any longer. And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes away my stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And much time passing away, and navigation being already unsafe, because the Fast had already passed by, Paul exhorted them,

in the fire of flame, dispensing vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus: who shall suffer vengeance, eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he may come to be glorified among his saints, and among all those who believe, to be wondered at in that day, because our testimony was believed by you.

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

For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

For what is a man profited, gaining the whole world, and losing or forfeiting himself?

But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong? So is every one laying up treasure for himself, and not rich toward God.

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright. For you know that, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance even though having sought it diligently with tears.

And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

But the one hearing and not doing, is like unto a man building his house upon the ground without a foundation; against which the river broke, and it fell immediately, and great was the fall of that house.

Therefore I say unto you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.

And his Lord responding said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I gather where I have not sown, and reap where I have not strewn? Therefore it behooved thee to put my money in the bank, and having come, I would receive my own with the product. Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to the one having ten talents.read more.
For to every one having it shall be given, and he shall superabound: but from the one not having shall be taken away even that which he has. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the darkness which is without: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

But if any one builds upon the foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; the work of each will be made manifest: for the day will reveal it, because it is revealed by fire; and the same fire will try the work of each what soil it is. And if the work of any one which he builds, abides, he will receive a reward:read more.
But if the work of any one shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss; but himself shall be saved, but as through the fire.

For it is impossible that those having been once enlightened, and tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and having tasted the beautiful word of God, and the dynamites of the coming age, indeed having fallen away, to renew them again unto repentance; having crucified to themselves again the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.

who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God, but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man; he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.read more.
Therefore God has indeed exalted him, and given him a name above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his soul for my sake and that of the gospel shall save it.

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake, he shall save it.