67 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor's good .

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men: For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;-

And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.

and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.

Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.

for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? For what should a man give in exchange for his life?

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon .

A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.

But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions.

But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich.

and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the'son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.