Job 2:4
2:4 But Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
Isaiah 2:20
2:20 At that time men will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made for themselves to worship,
into the caves where rodents and bats live,
Isaiah 10:3
10:3 What will you do on judgment day,
when destruction arrives from a distant place?
To whom will you run for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?
Isaiah 31:7
31:7 For at that time
everyone will get rid of
the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.
Ezekiel 18:31
18:31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!
Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Matthew 16:26
16:26 For what does it benefit a person
if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 24:16-18
24:16 then those in Judea must flee
to the mountains.
24:17 The one on the roof
must not come down
to take anything out of his house,
24:18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
Philippians 3:7-8
3:7 But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.
3:8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung!
– that I may gain Christ,
Hebrews 12:1
The Lord’s Discipline
12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,