Luke 12:23

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

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  • Job 1:12 : 12 The LORD said to Satan, 'Very well, everything he has is in your power, but do not lay a hand on the man himself.' Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 Satan answered the LORD, 'Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has for his own life.'
  • Job 2:6 : 6 The LORD said to Satan, 'Very well, he is in your hands; only spare his life.'
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.
  • Acts 27:18-19 : 18 The next day, as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19 On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.
  • Acts 27:38 : 38 After they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"

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  • Matt 6:25-34
    10 verses
    88%

    25Therefore, 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?

    26Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, they do not reap, and they do not store away in barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they are?

    27Who among you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to their lifespan?

    28Why do you worry about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field and how they grow. They do not toil or spin.

    29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

    30If God so dresses the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the oven tomorrow, will He not much more clothe you—O you of little faith?

    31So do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

    32For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

    33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

    34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

  • Luke 12:21-22
    2 verses
    85%

    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

    22Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

  • Luke 12:24-31
    8 verses
    80%

    24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

    25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

    26If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

    27Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

    28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will He clothe you—O you of little faith!

    29So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.

    30For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

    31Instead, seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

  • Luke 12:15
    76%

    15Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."

  • John 6:27
    73%

    27'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'

  • Deut 12:23
    73%

    23But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    72%

    8If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

  • 1 Cor 12:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable.

    23And the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

    24whereas our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,

  • John 12:25
    71%

    25The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  • John 6:63
    71%

    63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.

  • Matt 10:28
    70%

    28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Luke 12:4
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    4I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body but can do nothing more afterward.

  • Luke 12:7
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    7Even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Matt 4:4
    69%

    4But He answered, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'

  • Deut 8:3
    69%

    3He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

  • Gen 9:4
    69%

    4But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

  • John 6:50
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    50But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

  • Matt 10:31
    68%

    31So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

  • Matt 16:26
    68%

    26For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

  • Luke 17:33
    68%

    33Whoever tries to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

  • Jas 2:15
    68%

    15If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food,

  • Luke 12:33
    68%

    33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

  • John 6:57
    68%

    57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me.

  • Jas 4:14
    68%

    14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
    68%

    14Indeed, the body is not one member but many.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.

  • John 6:53
    68%

    53Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.'

  • John 6:33
    68%

    33'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.'

  • 2 Cor 4:12
    68%

    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.