Job 2:4
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Cross-references
In Job 1:12, God permits Satan to touch Job's possessions but not his body; Satan later uses 'skin for skin' to argue for harming Job's body.
Matthew 16:26 asks what a man can give for his soul — contrasting earthly life's exchange with the soul's priceless value.
Philippians 3:8-10 describes Paul counting all as loss to gain Christ — a spiritual parallel of giving everything for ultimate life.
Jeremiah 41:8 has ten men offering hidden stores to save their lives — a direct instance of giving possessions for life.
In 2 Kings 7:15, fleeing Arameans abandon clothes and equipment to save their lives, literally giving up all they had.
In 1 Kings 20:31, Ben-Hadad's officials don sackcloth and ropes to beg for mercy, willing to trade dignity for life—a direct parallel.
In Proverbs 13:8, riches can ransom a life, directly affirming that people give what they have to survive—parallel to Satan's claim.
In Joshua 9:24, the Gibeonites deceive Israel because they feared for their lives, acting on the same self-preservation instinct Satan describes.
In Jonah 1:5, sailors throw cargo overboard to save their lives, directly illustrating the principle that a man will give all he has for his life.
Genesis 47:17 recounts people trading livestock for food during famine — a clear example of giving all they have to survive.
In Mark 8:36, Jesus asks what profit there is in gaining the world but losing one’s soul — contrasting the eternal value of life with the temporary possessions Job’s proverb describes.
In Mark 14:52, the young man leaves his linen cloth and flees naked, literally giving up his last possession to save his life — a vivid illustration of Job 2:4.
In Luke 12:15, Jesus warns that life does not consist in abundance of possessions, opposing the worldly logic that one would give everything for mere survival.
In Luke 12:23, Jesus says life is more than food and the body more than clothing, contrasting the materialistic assumption in Job 2:4 that life is the ultimate priority.
In Genesis 47:19, the Egyptians offer everything—land and freedom—for food to survive, mirroring Satan's claim that a man gives all for his life.
In John 8:44, Jesus identifies the devil as a liar and murderer from the beginning — the same adversary who made the cynical claim in Job 2:4 about human self-preservation.
Philippians 3:7 shows Paul counting all as loss for Christ — a selfless contrast to giving all for earthly life.
Acts 27:18 shows sailors jettisoning cargo to survive a storm — a practical example of giving up possessions to preserve life.
Acts 27:19 continues the same jettisoning of tackle — emphasizing the extreme measures taken to save lives at sea.