Acts 27:38

New King James Version

So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.

Cross References

Job 2:4

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

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

Jonah 1:5

Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

Matthew 16:26

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 4:18

And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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?

Luke 12:23

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

Hebrews 12:1

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