21 Bible Verses about Worldliness

what advantage is it for a man to gain the whole world with the loss of his life?

what advantage is it for a man to gain the whole world with the loss of his life?

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

Degenerate race, don't you know that friendship with vice is hostility against heaven. he that is a friend to the vicious world, is an enemy to God.

set a guard upon yourselves, that ye be not stupified by surfeiting and drunkenness, or by the disquietudes of this life, and so that day come upon you with a surprize.

teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world;

and be not conformed to the present age: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may perceive what God requires of you is good, and acceptable, and perfect.

what advantage is it to a man to gain the whole world at the price of his life? or what would not a man pay down to preserve his life?

and the world is passing away, with all its vices: but he that obeys the divine will, shall enjoy a life of immortality.

Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

what advantage is it for a man to have gain'd the whole world, if he himself runs into utter loss and ruin?

and are gone astray to follow the practices of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;

unhappy creatures! they have followed the practices of Cain, they have addicted themselves to the mercenary illusions of Balaam, and perish in their rebellion like Core.

you have liv'd on the earth in voluptuousness and luxury: you have indulg'd your selves as in a day of sacrifice:

for Damas, out of love to this world has abandon'd me, and is gone to Thessalonica: Crescens, to Galatia: and Titus, to Dalmatia.

let there be no licentious or profane person, such as Esau, "who sold his birth-right, for a single mess."

the unmarried is religiously concerned, how he may please the Lord: he that is married is worldly concern'd, how he may please his wife.

for as at the time that usher'd in the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying themselves and their children, till the day that Noe entred into the ark, having no thoughts of the flood till it came, and swept them all away; so shall also the advent of the son of man be.

said, the Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's chair. therefore whatever moral precepts they bid you observe, those observe and practise; but don't follow their example: for they preach one thing, and practise another.

in which you formerly liv'd, influenc'd by the customs of this world, and by the prince of the aerial powers, the spirits that now actuate the incredulous:

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

but when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in publick, and made such an impression upon Herod, that he promised her upon oath, to give whatever she should ask;

one of their own prophets said, "the Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies."