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Philippians 3:7-8
But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.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,
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Luke 9:24-25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
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Matthew 16:25-26
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.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?
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Mark 8:35-37
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.For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?What can a person give in exchange for his life?
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Hebrews 10:34-35
For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
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Acts 27:19
and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.
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Genesis 30:30-43
Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”So Laban asked,“ What should I give you?”“ You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“ but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:Let me walk among all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted or speckled goats. These animals will be my wages.My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.”“ Agreed!” said Laban,“ It will be as you say.”So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted( all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons.Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban’s flocks.When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.
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Psalms 112:9
He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
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Deuteronomy 8:17-18
Be careful not to say,“ My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.
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Mark 10:28-30
Peter began to speak to him,“ Look, we have left everything to follow you!”Jesus said,“ I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospelwho will not receive in this age a hundred times as much– homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions– and in the age to come, eternal life.
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Matthew 19:29
And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
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2 Kings 5 26
Elisha replied,“ I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants.
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Acts 27:38
When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
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Genesis 31:18
He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.
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Isaiah 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,
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Jonah 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.
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Exodus 12:35-36
Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them– they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing.The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt.
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2 Kings 8 9
So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said,“ Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,‘ Will I recover from this sickness?’”
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2 Kings 7 15
So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king.
