Luke 16:8
His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow-men than those who have the Light.
Luke 16:25
'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
Matthew 13:44
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, and then, in his delight, went and sold everything that he had, and bought that field.
Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'
Luke 16:27-28
'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house--
John 8:23
"You," added Jesus, "are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
John 15:19
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
James 5:5
You have lived on earth a life of extravagance and luxury; you have indulged your fancies in a time of bloodshed.
1 John 4:4-5
You, my Children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such men as these, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.