Acts 27:38

New American Bible - revised edition

After they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

Cross References

Job 2:4

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

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

Jonah 1:5

Then the sailors were afraid and each one cried to his god. To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and lay there fast asleep.

Matthew 16:26

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 4:18

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

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Luke 12:23

For life is 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 rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us