Luke 12:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:12 : 12 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath `is' in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
  • Job 2:6 : 6 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he `is' in thy hand; only his life take care of.'
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
  • Acts 27:18-19 : 18 And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding `day' they were making a clearing, 19 and on the third `day' with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
  • Acts 27:38 : 38 and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 6:25-34
    10 verses
    88%

    25`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

    27`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    28and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

    29and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

    30`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.

  • Luke 12:21-22
    2 verses
    85%

    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

    22And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

  • Luke 12:24-31
    8 verses
    80%

    24`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

    25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    26If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

    27`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

    28and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Luke 12:15
    76%

    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

  • John 6:27
    73%

    27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'

  • Deut 12:23
    73%

    23`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    72%

    8but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;

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

    22But much more the members of the body which seem to be more infirm are necessary,

    23and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,

    24and our seemly things have no need; but God did temper the body together, to the lacking part having given more abundant honour,

  • John 12:25
    71%

    25he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

  • John 6:63
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    63the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

  • Matt 10:28
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    28`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

  • Luke 12:4
    69%

    4`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

  • Luke 12:7
    69%

    7but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

  • Matt 4:4
    69%

    4But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

  • Deut 8:3
    69%

    3`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

  • Gen 9:4
    69%

    4only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

  • John 6:50
    69%

    50this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

  • Matt 10:31
    68%

    31be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

  • Matt 16:26
    68%

    26for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

  • Luke 17:33
    68%

    33Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

  • Jas 2:15
    68%

    15and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

  • Luke 12:33
    68%

    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

  • John 6:57
    68%

    57`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

  • Jas 4:14
    68%

    14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

  • 1 Cor 12:14
    68%

    14for also the body is not one member, but many;

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

  • John 6:53
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    53Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

  • John 6:33
    68%

    33for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

  • 2 Cor 4:12
    68%

    12so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.