48 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man, and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.

If your brother is being injured because you eat a certain food, then you are no longer living by the rule of love. Do not let that food of yours ruin the man for whom Christ died.

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.

But see that the exercise of your right does not prove any stumbling-block to the weak.

Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.

let us have no vanity, no provoking, no envy of one another.

But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth. That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish;

For men will be selfish, fond of money, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;

Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,

Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;

My brothers, do not swell the ranks of the teachers; remember, we teachers will be judged with special strictness.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues; they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, they are fond of getting saluted in the market-places, of securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

He also told a parable to the guests, when he observed how they picked out the best places.

A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest.

are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.

the adversary who vaunts himself above and against every so-called god or object of worship, actually seating himself in the temple of God with the proclamation that he himself is God.

Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? What could a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

mind what is above, not what is on earth,

No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.

and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

(Wanton creatures! do you not know that the world's friendship means enmity to God? Whoever, then, chooses to be the world's friend, turns enemy to God.

For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;

But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.'

for Demas, in his love for this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is off to Gaul, Titus to Dalmatia,

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction. For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.

Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."

When the young man heard that, he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

But his face fell at that, and he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

But when he heard that, he was vexed, for he was extremely rich.

"What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

Now the Pharisees who were fond of money heard all this, and they sneered at him.

(Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)

But when her owners saw their chance of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates in the forum.

(though at the same time he hoped Paul would give him a bribe). So he did send for him pretty frequently and conversed with him.

they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing ??16 but he got reproved for his malpractice: a dumb ass spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's infatuation.

so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.