2 Timothy 2:4
no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
2 Peter 2:20
for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,
Luke 8:14
'And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.
Luke 9:59-62
And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'
1 Corinthians 7:22-23
for he who is in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
1 Corinthians 9:25-26
and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;
2 Corinthians 5:9
Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
1 Thessalonians 2:4
but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,
1 Timothy 6:9-12
and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,
Deuteronomy 20:5-7
And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who is the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it.