1 Corinthians 7:31

Concerning The Unmarried

³⁰ and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing; ³¹ and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes. ³² But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

In the World

Of the World

Of This World

Way of Life

World is Passing Away

Of This Life

1 John 2:17

And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.

Psalm 39:6

Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless to others, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in announcing the glad tidings.

1 Peter 1:24

Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen;

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;

Psalm 73:20

As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.

Ecclesiastes 1:4

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25

There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-10

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Matthew 24:48-50

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

Matthew 25:14-29

For it is as if a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.

Luke 12:15-21

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

Luke 16:1-2

And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.

Luke 19:17-26

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

Luke 21:34

But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

James 1:10-11

and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.

James 4:14

ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

James 5:1-5

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.