2 Timothy 2:4
No man that warreth intangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath inlisted him.
2 Peter 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, thro the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again intangled therein and overcome, their last state is worse then the first.
Luke 8:14
That which fell among thorns are they, who, having heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Luke 9:59-62
And he said to another, Follow me.
1 Corinthians 7:22-23
For he that is called by the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman; and in like manner, he that is called being free, is the servant of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:25-26
And every one that contendeth, is temperate in all things: and they indeed, to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
2 Corinthians 5:9
Therefore we are ambitious, whether present, or absent, to be well-pleasing to him.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who trieth our hearts.
1 Timothy 6:9-12
But they that desire to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, loving the present world, and is gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.