12 Bible Verses about Social Selfishness
Most Relevant Verses
He withholding grain, the people shall curse him: and blessing upon the head of him selling.
If thou shalt refrain to deliver those being brought to death, and those going to be slain;
Wo to those touching house upon house, they will bring near field upon field, till no more place, and ye dwelt yourselves alone in the midst of the earth.
Is it small for you ye will feed the good pasture, and the remainder of your pastures ye will tread down with your feet? and ye will drink front the settled waters and that being left they will tread with your feet
Israel an empty vine, he will place fruit to himself: according to the multitude to his fruit he multiplied to his altars; according to the goodness of his land they made good pillars.
Shall not these all of them lift up a parable against him, and an enigma of an oracle against him, and it shall be said, Wo! to him multiplying that not to him. how long making heavy upon him goods taken in pledge?
And when ye shall eat, and when ye shall drink, are ye not eating, and are ye not drinking?
I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me.
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient,
Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see.
For men shall be self-lovers, lovers of money, boastful, proud, slandering, disobedient to parents, unthankful, wicked,
And whoever has the life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and should shut up his bowels from him, how remains the love of God in him?
Bible Theasaurus
- Social (5 instances)
From Thematic Bible
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Is it small for you ye will feed the good pasture, and the remainder of your pastures ye will tread down with your feet? and ye will drink front the settled waters and that being left they will tread with your feet
Israel an empty vine, he will place fruit to himself: according to the multitude to his fruit he multiplied to his altars; according to the goodness of his land they made good pillars.
Shall not these all of them lift up a parable against him, and an enigma of an oracle against him, and it shall be said, Wo! to him multiplying that not to him. how long making heavy upon him goods taken in pledge?
And when ye shall eat, and when ye shall drink, are ye not eating, and are ye not drinking?
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Heartless indifference toward sinners
And whoever has the life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and should shut up his bowels from him, how remains the love of God in him?
For men shall be self-lovers, lovers of money, boastful, proud, slandering, disobedient to parents, unthankful, wicked,
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient, Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see.
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Hoarding foodstuff
He withholding grain, the people shall curse him: and blessing upon the head of him selling.
If thou shalt refrain to deliver those being brought to death, and those going to be slain;
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Neglect of the needy and suffering
I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me.
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Greed for real estate
Wo to those touching house upon house, they will bring near field upon field, till no more place, and ye dwelt yourselves alone in the midst of the earth.