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!
Jonah 1:5
1:5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out
to his own god
and they flung
the ship’s cargo
overboard
to make the ship lighter.
Jonah, meanwhile,
had gone down
into the hold
below deck,
had lain down, and was sound asleep.
Mark 8:35-37
8:35 For whoever wants to save his life
will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
8:36 For what benefit is it for a person
to gain the whole world, yet
forfeit his life?
8:37 What can a person give in exchange for his life?
Luke 9:24-25
9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
9:25 For what does it benefit a person
if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?