Luke 12:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

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  • Job 1:12 : 12 And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not put forth your hand on himself." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.
  • Job 2:6 : 6 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.
  • Acts 27:18-19 : 18 And being exceedingly tossed by a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And on the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the ship's tackle.
  • Acts 27:38 : 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw the wheat into the sea.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.

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  • Matt 6:25-34
    10 verses
    88%

    25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

    26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

    27Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

    28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

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

    30Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

    31Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear?

    32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

    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 its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

  • Luke 12:21-22
    2 verses
    85%

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.

  • Luke 12:24-31
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    80%

    24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the birds?

    25And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

    26If you then are not able to do the least thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

    27Consider the lilies how they grow: they do not labor, they do not spin; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

    28If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

    29And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.

    30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you need these things.

    31But rather seek the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

  • John 6:27
    73%

    27Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

  • Deut 12:23
    73%

    23Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    72%

    8And having food and clothing, let us be content with that.

  • 1 Cor 12:22-24
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    22No, rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

    23And those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty.

    24But our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacked,

  • John 12:25
    71%

    25He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  • John 6:63
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    63It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Luke 12:4
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    4And I say to you my friends, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

  • Luke 12:7
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    7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

  • Prov 4:22
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    22For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Matt 4:4
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    4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

  • Deut 8:3
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    3And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.

  • Gen 9:4
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    4But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

  • John 6:50
    69%

    50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.

  • Matt 10:31
    68%

    31Therefore, do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.

  • Matt 16:26
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    26For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • Luke 17:33
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    33Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

  • Jas 2:15
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    15If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food,

  • Luke 12:33
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    33Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

  • John 6:57
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    57As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me.

  • Jas 4:14
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    14Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
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    14For the body is not one member, but many.

  • Isa 55:2
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    2Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

  • John 6:53
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    53Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

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    68%

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

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then, death works in us, but life in you.