Luke 12:23

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Job 1:12

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD

Job 2:4

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Job 2:6

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; only spare his life

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his riches: But the poor heareth no threatening.

Luke 12:22

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

Acts 27:38

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.