48 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your eating destroy the one for whom Christ died.

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

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

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in showing honor.

Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi.'

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

So he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

A dispute also arose among them, which of them was to be considered the greatest.

for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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

No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

But when the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

But he fell sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

But when he heard this, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.

This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief; and as he had the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

At the same time, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.

Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in wickedness.