9 Bible Verses about Worldliness, Avoid
Most Relevant Verses
Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
No soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life. That way, he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?
Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward God? Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.
Think about the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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- Divided Hearts
- Do Not Be Anxious
- Fathers Love
- Focus
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- Gospel, Responses To
- Great Things
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