Acts 27:38

New Century Version

When they had eaten all they wanted, they began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.

Cross References

Job 2:4

“One skin for another!” Satan answered. “A man will give all he has to save his own life.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

Jonah 1:5

The sailors were afraid, and each man cried to his own god. They began throwing the cargo from the ship into the sea to make the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone down far inside the ship to lie down, and he fell fast asleep.

Matthew 16:26

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.

Matthew 4:18

As Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the lake because they were fishermen.

Matthew 6:25

“So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

Luke 12:23

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

Hebrews 12:1

We are surrounded by a great cloud of people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back.