12 Bible Verses about Social Selfishness
Most Relevant Verses
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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- Social (5 instances)
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Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Heartless indifference toward sinners
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Hoarding foodstuff
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Neglect of the needy and suffering
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Greed for real estate
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!