10 Bible Verses about Selfishness, Shown In

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

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.

just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.

For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied.
And they are shepherds who have no understanding;
They have all turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”

and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”