Luke 16:8
"And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
Luke 16:25
"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.
Matthew 13:44
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land.
Luke 12:19-21
"'And I will say to my soul, "'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.'
Luke 16:27-28
"'I beg you then, father,' he said, 'send him to my fathers house. For I have five brothers.
John 8:23
And he said to them. "You are from below. I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
John 15:19
"If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
James 5:5
You have lived luxuriously on earth, you have taken your pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
1 John 4:4-5
My little children, you are of God and have conquered them; because he that is within you is greater than he that is in the world.