7 Bible Verses about Selfishness, Shown In

for men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful,

I add, we that are better inform'd ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not study our own pleasure.

thus I endeavour to be acceptable to all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of others, so as they may be saved.

the most consult their private advantage, and neglect the dispensation of Jesus Christ.

and he said to her, what would you have? grant, said she, when you are upon the throne, that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left.

that they who are in a state of life should not live at their own discretion, but to the service of him who died for them, and rose again.

he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love?