Luke 12:23
The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 1:12 : 12 Then the Lorde sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.
- Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.
- Job 2:6 : 6 Then the Lorde said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.
- Prov 13:8 : 8 A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.
- Acts 27:18-19 : 18 The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship. 19 And the third day we cast out with our owne hands the tackling of the ship.
- Acts 27:38 : 38 And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, & cast out the wheat into the sea.
- Gen 19:17 : 17 And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.
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- Matt 6:25-3410 verses88%
25 Therefore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meate? and the bodie then raiment?
26 Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?
27 Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?
28 And why care ye for raiment? Learne howe the lilies of the fielde doe growe: they are not wearied, neither spinne:
29 Yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.
33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
34 Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe.
- Luke 12:21-222 verses85%
21 So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.
22 And he spake vnto his disciples, Therefore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate: neither for your body, what yee shall put on.
- Luke 12:24-318 verses80%
24 Consider the rauens: for they neither sowe nor reape: which neither haue storehouse nor barne, & yet God feedeth them: how much more are yee better then foules?
25 And which of you with taking thought, can adde to his stature one cubite?
26 If yee then bee not able to doe the least thing, why take yee thought for the remnant?
27 Consider the lilies howe they growe: they labour not, neither spin they: yet I say vnto you, that Solomon himselfe in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.
28 If then God so clothe the grasse which is to day in the field, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, howe much more will he clothe you, O yee of litle faith?
29 Therefore aske not what yee shall eate, or what ye shal drinke, neither hag you in suspense.
30 For all such things the people of the world seeke for: and your Father knoweth that ye haue neede of these things.
31 But rather seeke ye after the kingdome of God, and all these things shalbe cast vpon you.
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15 Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.
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27 Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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23 Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.
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8 Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.
- 1 Cor 12:22-243 verses72%
22 Yea, much rather those members of the body, which seeme to be more feeble, are necessarie.
23 And vpon those members of the body, which wee thinke most vnhonest, put wee more honestie on: and our vncomely parts haue more comelinesse on.
24 For our comely partes neede it not: but God hath tempered the body together, and hath giuen the more honour to that part which lacked,
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25 He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.
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63 It is the spirite that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing: the woordes that I speake vnto you, are spirite and life.
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28 And feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.
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4 And I say vnto you, my friendes, be not afraide of them that kill the bodie, and after that are not able to doe any more.
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7 Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes.
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22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
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7 All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.
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4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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3 Therefore he humbled thee, and made thee hungry, and fed thee with MAN, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know it, that he might teache thee that man liueth not by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, doth a man liue.
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4 But flesh with the life thereof, I meane, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eate.
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50 This is that breade, which commeth downe from heauen, that hee which eateth of it, shoulde not die.
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31 Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.
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26 For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?
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33 Whosoeuer will seeke to saue his soule, shall loose it: and whosoeuer shall loose it, shall get it life.
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15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,
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33 Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.
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57 As that liuing Father hath sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, euen he shall liue by me.
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14 (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
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14 For the body also is not one member, but many.
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2 Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.
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53 Then Iesus saide vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, Except yee eate the flesh of the Sonne of man, and drinke his blood, yee haue no life in you.
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33 For the breade of God is hee which commeth downe from heauen, and giueth life vnto the world.
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12 So then death worketh in vs, & life in you.