For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life.
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?
What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.