7 Bible Verses about Selfishness, Examples Of

And LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings, and he was of the house of Caleb.

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and one at thy left hand, in thy glory.

Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.