48 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself; each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.

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

For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it.

If your brother is pained by the food you are eating, your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest, by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.

Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.

Let us not become vain-glorious, challenging one another, envying one another.

But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth. That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious,

Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.

Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.

and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.

For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.

As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."

and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues, and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as 'Rabbi.'

"Beware of the Scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love to be bowed to in places of public resort and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues or at a dinner party;

Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,

There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.

For they loved the glory that comes from men rather than the glory that comes from God.

and exalts himself above, every so-called 'god' or object of worship, and goes the length of taking his seat in the very temple of God, giving it out that he himself is God.

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.

Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what could a man give to buy back his life?

Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.

And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is--that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.

Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.

Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.

training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time,

You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.

At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,

"But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "'I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'

For Demas has deserted me--loving, as he does, the present age--and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin. For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.

And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions."

On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; for he had much property.

At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.

But on hearing these words he was deeply sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich.

and said, "What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?" So they weighed out to him thirty shekels,

To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.

The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor, but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box, he used to steal what was put into it.

But when her owners saw that their hopes of gain were gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them off to the magistrates in the public square.

At the same time he hoped that Paul would give him money; and for this reason he sent for him the oftener to converse with him.

Forsaking the straight road, they have gone astray, having eagerly followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was bent on securing the wages of unrighteousness.

in order that all may come under judgement who have refused to believe the truth and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.