Quotes About Loss

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.

Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

ëWho is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?í

Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Then Johnís disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

And last of all, the woman died.

Look, your house is left to you desolate.

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.

When Johnís disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.