1Sa 26:21, 24, Psa 49:8, 72:14, 116:15, Pro 6:26, Mat 16:25-26 | ESV | STEP | Then Saul said , I have sinned . Return , my son David , for I will no more do you harm , because my life was precious in your eyes this day . Behold , I have acted foolishly , and have made a great mistake .

k[See ver. 24 above]

1 Samuel 26:21

21 Then Saul said, ^a“I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.”

1 Samuel 26:24

24 Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”

Psalms 49:8

8 for ^bthe ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,

Psalms 72:14

14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and ^cprecious is their blood in his sight.

Psalms 116:15

15 ^dPrecious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his ^esaints.

Proverbs 6:26

26 for ^fthe price of a prostitute is only ^ga loaf of bread, ^{▼▼Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread}
but a married woman ^{▼▼Hebrew a man’s wife} ^jhunts down a precious life.

Matthew 16:25-26

25 For ^kwhoever would save his life ^{▼▼The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26} will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For ^mwhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or ⁿwhat shall a man give in return for his soul?