29 Bible Verses about Loss

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.

saying to them, Men, I see that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.

And not many days after, the youngest son, collecting all his property, went abroad to a distant country; and there wasted his property, living intemperately.

And on the next day he went to a city called Nain, and a considerable number of his disciples and a great multitude went with him. And as he approached the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a great multitude from the city was with her. And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.

But the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband, and also if she is separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to the husband, and let not a husband leave his wife. But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is pleased to live with him, let him not leave her;read more.
and if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he is pleased to live with her, let her not leave the husband. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving companion departs, let him depart; the brother or the sister is not bound in such cases; but God has called us to peace.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried away captive to all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by gentiles, till the times of gentiles are fully accomplished.

with honor and dishonor, with evil report and good report; as deceivers and true,

AND he also said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man that had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his property. And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I hear of you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer a steward. And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

But some time being spent and navigation not being safe, because the fast had already passed by, Paul advised,

in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired by all that believe in that day, for our testimony was believed by you.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?

For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his life?

For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life?

But God said to him, Foolish man, this night they shall require your soul from you; and who then will have the goods which you have provided? So is every one that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich in God.

that no one may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright. For you know that afterwards, wishing also to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it with tears.

And every one who hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great.

But he that hears and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of that house was great.

I tell you, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation yielding its fruits.

And his Lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather whence I have not scattered? And you ought then to have given my money to the brokers, and at my coming, I should have received my own with interest. Take his talent, therefore, from him, and give it to him that has ten talents;read more.
for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have an abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away; and cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

And if any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, reeds, each one's work shall be manifest; for the day shall show it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the same fire shall try every man's work what it is. If any one's work continues which he has built, he shall receive a reward;read more.
if any one's work is consumed, he shall suffer loss, and he shall be saved, but so as by fire.

For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and having tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the life to come, and having fallen away, it is impossible again to renew to a change of mind, they having crucified again and exposed to shame the Son of God.

who being in the form of God thought it not a robbery to be equal with God; but he abased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man, and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross.read more.
Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of beings in heaven and in the earth and under the earth, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, and that of the good news, shall save it.

For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it.