67 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will save it.

For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy that one Christ died for by what you eat.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.

No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other person.

We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

It is not good to eat too much honey
or to seek glory after glory.

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;
for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.

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

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,

After this, Absalom got himself a chariot, horses, and 50 men to run before him.

Adonijah son of Haggith kept exalting himself, saying, “I will be king!” He prepared chariots, cavalry, and 50 men to run ahead of him.

You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.

Why have I seen this?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side!
This is the Lord’s declaration.

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.

For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? What can a man give in exchange for his life?

What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter.

instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.

For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

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

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.

A faithful man will have many blessings,
but one in a hurry to get rich
will not go unpunished.

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”

When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

But he was stunned at this demand, and he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.

After he heard this, he became extremely sad, because he was very rich.

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” So they weighed out 30 pieces of silver for him.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness

so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
who drinks injustice like water?

from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,

One who loves to offend loves strife;
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.