Philippians 3:19

Imitate Me

¹⁸ For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ; ¹⁹ Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth. ²⁰ For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

Doomed to Destruction

Earthly Things

God is Their Belly

On Earth

Conversation Is In Heaven

Of The Earth

Romans 16:18

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

Hosea 4:7

Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.

Romans 8:5-7

For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

Galatians 6:13

Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

1 Samuel 2:11-16

Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

Psalm 4:6-7

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

Isaiah 56:10-12

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

Ezekiel 13:19

And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.

Ezekiel 34:3

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

Micah 3:5

This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

Micah 3:11

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

Habakkuk 2:15-16

A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

Malachi 1:12

But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.

Matthew 16:23

But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

Matthew 25:41

Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

Luke 12:45-46

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

Luke 16:19

Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

Luke 18:4

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Romans 6:21

What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.

1 Corinthians 3:3

Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?

1 Corinthians 5:2

And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

1 Corinthians 5:6

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

Philippians 2:21

For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.

Colossians 3:2

Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

2 Thessalonians 2:12

So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

1 Timothy 6:5

Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

2 Timothy 3:4

False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;

Titus 1:11-12

By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

Hebrews 6:6-8

And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

James 4:16

But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

2 Peter 2:13

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

2 Peter 2:17-19

These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

Jude 1:4

For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:12-13

These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

Jude 1:16

These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

Revelation 18:7

As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.

Revelation 20:9-10

And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.

Revelation 21:8

But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.