Jeremiah 41:8

Good News Translation

But there were ten men in the group who said to Ishmael, “Please don't kill us! We have wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he spared them.

Cross References

Job 2:4

Satan replied, “A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.

Proverbs 13:8

The rich have to use their money to save their lives, but no one threatens the poor.

Isaiah 45:3

I will give you treasures from dark, secret places; then you will know that I am the Lord and that the God of Israel has called you by name.

Jeremiah 41:9

The well into which Ishmael threw the bodies of the men he had killed was the large one that King Asa had dug when he was being attacked by King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael filled the well with the bodies.

Matthew 16:26

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Matthew 6:25

“This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?