48 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves; looking each of you not to his own interest, but each to the interest of others also.

For whoever chooseth to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, will save it.

For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; and whoever loseth his life for my sake, he will save it.

For if on account of food thy brother is made to mourn, thou art no longer walking according to love. Do not with thy food destroy him for whom Christ died.

We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

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

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

But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which descendeth from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without

Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and have been given to pleasure; ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter.

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

And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.

For every one that exalteth himself will be humbled; and he that humbleth himself will be exalted.

In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

And he said to her, What is thy wish? She saith to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.

and love the first place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table, saying to them,

And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

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

he that opposeth and exalteth himself above every one that is called God, or worthy of worship, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself to be God.

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

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

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

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

and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.

Set your mind on the things above, not on things on the earth.

No one serving as a soldier entangleth himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world;

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh 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 when Noah entered the ark,

And all with one accord began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and must needs go out and see it; I pray that I may be excused.

For Demas forsook me, because he loved the present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.

And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.

But the young man, on hearing this went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

But his countenance fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful; for he was very rich.

and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all this, and they derided him.

And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.

But her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers;

He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul; on which account he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.

they have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

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