67 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.

Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men; for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!

Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.

Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God --

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.

for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.

he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.

"You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it."

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, "Isn't Yahweh in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us."

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.