10 Bible Verses about Selfishness, Shown In
Most Relevant Verses
For men shall be self-lovers, lovers of money, boastful, proud, slandering, disobedient to parents, unthankful, wicked,
And we the able ought to bear the weaknesses of the unable and not please ourselves.
As I also please in all things to all, not seeking my advantage, but that of many, that they might be saved.
For they all seek the things of themselves, and not the things of Christ Jesus.
And dogs hard of soul, they knew not fulness; and they are evil, they know not understanding; they all looked to their way, a man to his plunder from his extremity.
And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Say that these my two sons might sit, the one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.
And he died for all, that the living no more live to themselves, but o him having died for them, and having risen.
And whoever has the life of the world, and sees his brother having need, and should shut up his bowels from him, how remains the love of God in him?
Who also among you and he will shut the doors? and ye shall not make light mine altar gratuitously. Not to me delight in you, said Jehovah of armies, and I will not delight in the gift of your hand.
Her heads will judge for a gift, and her priests will teach for hire, and her prophets will divine for silver: and they will lean upon Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? he will not bring evil upon us.
Bible Theasaurus
- Shown (169 instances)