For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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Frequent notice is taken of the great flocking there was to Christ for help in various cases. All are concerned to know this, if they expect him to heal their souls.
Mark 8:36 quoted in popular culture
- Czech proverbs
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: největší poklad. English equivalent: Good health is above wealth. " What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world – and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie
- Dutch proverbs
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: grote schat. English equivalent: Good health is above wealth. " What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world - and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie
- French proverbs
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: p. 156. Santé passe richesse. Good health is above wealth. " What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world-and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie
- Italian proverbs
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: del Sultano. English equivalent: Good health is above wealth. " What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world-and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie
- Materialism
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: Way of Sex", in Muggeridge Through the Microphone (1967). For what shall it profit a man , if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark
- Polish proverbs
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: pieniądze. English equivalent: Good health is above wealth. " What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie
- Profit
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: dynamic. William James, in The Moral Equivalent of War (1906) For what shall it profit a man , if he gain the whole world, but suffer the loss of his soul?
- R. H. Tawney
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: the name of Christian. For such a philosophy, the question, " What shall it profit a man ?" carries no sting. In winning the world, he wins the salvation
- Religious views on capitalism
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: the name of Christian. For such a philosophy, the question, " What shall it profit a man ?" carries no sting. In winning the world, he wins the salvation
- Soul
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Jesus, in Mark 8:36 NIV For what shall it profit a man , if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Jesus
- World domination
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Wikiquote match for "what shall it profit a man" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "what shall it profit a man". Snippet: screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood and Berkely Mather. For what shall it profit a man , if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? "Mark