Matthew 16:25

New King James Version

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Cross References

Esther 4:14

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!”

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

Matthew 10:39

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

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?

Mark 8:35

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Luke 17:33

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

John 12:25

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.