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Luke 14:33
So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.
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Luke 14:26
“ If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
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Matthew 16:26
For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?
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Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke.
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Matthew 13:44-46
“ The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field.“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had and bought it.
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Galatians 2:15-16
“ We are Jews by nature and not sinners from the Gentiles;nevertheless, knowing that a person is not justified by works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law; since by works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
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Luke 17:31-33
On that day, the one who will be on the housetop, with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back.Remember Lot’s wife.Whoever strives to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it.
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Genesis 19:17
When they had brought them outside, one said,“ Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the surrounding area; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away.”
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Genesis 19:26
But Lot’s wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
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Galatians 5:2-5
Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.And I testify again to every man who has himself circumcised, that he is obligated to keep the whole Law.You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by the Law; you have fallen from grace.For we, through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
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Acts 27:18-19
The next day as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo;and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
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Acts 27:38
When they had eaten enough, they began lightening the ship by throwing the wheat out into the sea.
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Philippians 3:4-6
although I myself could boast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he is confident in the flesh, I have more reason:circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
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Philippians 3:8-10
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ,and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;
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Luke 16:8
And his master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.
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Job 2:4
Satan answered the Lord and said,“ Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life.
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Proverbs 23:23
Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.