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Psalms 49:6-8
They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God—since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying—
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Luke 12:19-21
Then I’ll say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared— whose will they be?’“ That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Mark 8:36
For what does it benefit someone to gain the whole world and yet lose his life?
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Matthew 16:26
For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
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1 Corinthians 9 27
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Acts 1:25
to take the place in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.”
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2 Peter 2 15-2 Peter 2 17
They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wickednessbut received a rebuke for his lawlessness: A speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.These people are springs without water, mists driven by a storm. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.
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Matthew 13:50
and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Luke 4:5-7
So he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.The devil said to him,“ I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.If you, then, will worship me, all will be yours.”
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Acts 1:18
Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst, his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.
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Luke 16:24-25
‘ Father Abraham!’ he called out,‘ Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’“‘ Son,’ Abraham said,‘ remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
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Mark 9:43-48
“ And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire.
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Revelation 18:7-8
As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways, give her that much torment and grief. For she says in her heart,“ I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.”For this reason her plagues will come in just one day— death and grief and famine. She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.
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Matthew 13:48
and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.