67 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of
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Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
But if your brother is grieved with your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not him with your food, for whom Christ died.
We then that are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to them that are weak.
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!
The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Be tender loving one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared himself chariots 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 himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the farthest sides of the north:
Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled in haste, and look not back: for fear was all around, says the LORD.
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
And he said unto her, What will you? She said unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom.
And love the uppermost places at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief places at feasts;
And he put forth a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief places; saying unto them,
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you testify in a dispute to follow after a crowd to pervert judgment:
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live sensibly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
For as in the days that 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 piece of ground, and I must go and see it: I pray you have me excused.
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Trust not in oppression, and hope not vainly in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, 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 has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving from his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.
Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
And said unto them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein.
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
He hoped also that money should have been given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore he sent for him often, and conferred with him.
Who have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
That they all might be condemned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
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