1 Corinthians 12:31
Set your hearts on the higher talents. And yet I will go on to show you a still higher path.
1 Corinthians 14:39
To sum up, my brothers. Set your heart on the prophetic gift, and do not put any check upon speaking in 'tongues';
1 Corinthians 13:1-1
Thus, I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have no love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal;
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.
Luke 10:42
Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."
1 Corinthians 8:1
With regard to food that has been offered to idols. Here, of course, 'we all possess knowledge'! Knowledge puffs up, love builds up.
Philippians 3:8
indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ
Hebrews 11:4
It was by faith that Abel offered God a richer sacrifice than Cain did, and thus won from God the record of being 'just,' on the score of what he gave; he died, but by his faith he is speaking to us still.