Matthew 10:39
10:39 Whoever finds his life
will lose it,
and whoever loses his life because of me
will find it.
Esther 4:14
4:14 “Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew
who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear
from another source,
while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be
that you have achieved royal status
for such a time as this!”
Esther 4:16
4:16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I
will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law.
If I perish, I perish!”
Mark 8:35
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.
Luke 17:33
17:33 Whoever tries to keep
his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life
will preserve it.
John 12:25
12:25 The one who loves his life
destroys
it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards
it for eternal life.
Acts 20:23-24
20:23 except
that the Holy Spirit warns
me in town after town
that
imprisonment
and persecutions
are waiting for me.
20:24 But I do not consider my life
worth anything
to myself, so that
I may finish my task
and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news
of God’s grace.
Revelation 12:11
12:11 But they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.