"If I am a man of God," Elijah answered, "may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!" At once fire came down and killed the officer and his men.

The king sent another officer with fifty men, who went up and said to Elijah, "Man of God, the king orders you to come down at once!"

Saul answered, "I have done wrong. Come back, David, my son! I will never harm you again, because you have spared my life tonight. I have been a fool! I have done a terrible thing!"

Just as I have spared your life today, may the LORD do the same to me and free me from all troubles!"

because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough

He rescues them from oppression and violence; their lives are precious to him.

How painful it is to the LORD when one of his people dies!

A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.

For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.