12 Bible Verses about Social Selfishness

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Proverbs 11:26

He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Ezekiel 34:18

Is it too small a thing unto you to have eaten up the good pastures, but ye must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures; and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the rest with your feet?

Hosea 10:1

Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.

Matthew 27:3

Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

Matthew 27:4

saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

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Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others

Ezekiel 34:18

Is it too small a thing unto you to have eaten up the good pastures, but ye must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures; and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the rest with your feet?

Hosea 10:1

Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!

Social selfishness » Different forms of » Heartless indifference toward sinners

Matthew 27:3-4

Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

Social selfishness » Different forms of » Hoarding foodstuff

Proverbs 11:26

He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Social selfishness » Different forms of » Neglect of the needy and suffering

Matthew 25:43

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.

Social selfishness » Different forms of » Greed for real estate

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