John 12:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.›

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  • Matt 10:39 : 39 ‹He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.›
  • Matt 16:25 : 25 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.›
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.›
  • Luke 17:33 : 33 ‹Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.›
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 ‹If any› [man] ‹come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.›
  • Luke 9:23-24 : 23 And he said to [them] all, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.› 24 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.›
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 ‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  • 86%

    24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.›

    25 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.›

    26 ‹For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?›

  • Luke 9:23-25
    3 verses
    85%

    23 And he said to [them] all, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.›

    24 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.›

    25 ‹For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?›

  • 85%

    37 ‹He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.›

    38 ‹And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.›

    39 ‹He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.›

  • 33 ‹Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.›

  • Mark 8:35-37
    3 verses
    84%

    35 ‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.›

    36 ‹For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?›

    37 ‹Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?›

  • 24 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.›

  • 77%

    25 ¶ And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

    26 ‹If any› [man] ‹come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.›

    27 ‹And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.›

  • 26 ‹If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will› [my] ‹Father honour.›

  • 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

  • 13 ‹And ye shall be hated of all› [men] ‹for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.›

  • 22 ‹And ye shall be hated of all› [men] ‹for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.›

  • 33 ‹So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.›

  • 72%

    12 ‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›

    13 ‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.›

  • 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

  • 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

  • 51 ¶ ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.›

  • 71%

    21 ‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›

    22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples, ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.›

    23 ‹The life is more than meat, and the body› [is more] ‹than raiment.›

  • 24 ‹He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.›

  • 15 And he said unto them, ‹Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.›

  • John 3:15-16
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    71%

    15 ‹That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.›

    16 ‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›

  • 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›

  • 30 ‹Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.›

  • 28 ‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›

  • 23 ‹He that hateth me hateth my Father also.›

  • 18 ¶ ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›

  • Matt 6:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24 ‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›

    25 ¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›

  • 17 ‹And ye shall be hated of all› [men] ‹for my name's sake.›

  • 47 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.›

  • 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

  • 15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 17 ‹Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.›

  • 29 ‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›

  • 16 ¶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.

  • 25 ‹For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.›

  • 57 ‹As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.›