Cross references

Mark 8:36

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

Mark 8:36 BSB

Mark 8:36 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 16:26 (45 votes) and Psalm 49:17 (42 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Job 2 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Mark 8:36 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

  2. Psalm 49:1742 votes

    For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

  3. Luke 9:2542 votes

    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

  4. The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position. But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. …

  5. But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ …

  6. Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

  7. By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. …

  8. Romans 6:2122 votes

    What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

  9. Job 2:420 votes

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

  10. As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

  11. Malachi 3:1419 votes
  12. Job 22:213 votes

Which verses point to Mark 8:36?

The 10 strongest of 23.