Acts 27:38

English Standard Version 2016

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Cross References

Jonah 1:5

Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Job 2:4

Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Matthew 4:18

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Luke 12:23

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.