29 Bible Verses about Selfishness
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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 they who are according to the flesh have their mind on the things of the flesh; but they who are according to the Spirit, on the things of the Spirit.
and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.
but to those who are contentious, and disobedient to the truth; but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and indignation.
among whom even we all had our way of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others;
But know this, that in the last days grievous times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of robbery and licentiousness.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
And one from the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 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.read more.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops. And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods; and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the land?
doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;
Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such as fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, rivalry, outbursts of wrath, cabals, divisions, factions,
but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up affliction to my bonds.
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 where there is rivalry and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying to him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask thee.
For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me."
looking each of you not to his own interest, but each to the interest of others also. Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God,read more.
but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men; and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin;
that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,
According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
There is a second like it: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law. For these, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet," and every other commandment, are summed up in this precept, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Love worketh no ill to ones neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law.
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Inconsistency » General marks of » Selfishness
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and be filled, notwithstanding ye give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?
Religion » Inconsistency in religious life general marks of » Selfishness
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and be filled, notwithstanding ye give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?
Selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Selfishness » Examples of » Cain's cold-blooded words concerning abel
Selfishness » Examples of » The priest and levite carelessly pass by the wounded man
And by chance a certain priest was going down on that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And in like manner also a Levite, having arrived at the place, came and saw, and passed by on the other side.
and one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and be filled, notwithstanding ye give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?
for all of them are seeking their own things, not those of Christ Jesus.
Selfishness » Different forms of » Heartless indifference toward sinners
But whoever hath this worlds goods, and seeth his brother having need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without
Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I sinned in betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See thou to it.
Selfishness » Ministers should be devoid of
as I also strive to please all in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many; that they may be saved.
For being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under the Law, as under the Law, not being myself under the Law, that I might gain those under the Law; to those without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the Law; read more.
to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some. And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.
Selfishness » The example of Christ condemns
Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me."
Selfishness » Contrary to the law of God
If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," ye do well.
There is a second like it: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Selfishness » Examples of » Haman's selfish conceit
They bind heavy burdens, and lay them on mens shoulders, and will not themselves move them with a finger.
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Seeking our own
as I also strive to please all in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many; that they may be saved.
for all of them are seeking their own things, not those of Christ Jesus.
Selfishness » Inconsistent with communion of saints
For as in one body we have many members, and the members have not all the same office, so we, though many, form one body in Christ, and each of us is a member of it in common with the rest.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or freemen; and were all made to drink one Spirit. For the body also is not one member, but many. read more.
If the foot say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body? And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But as it is, God set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him. And if they were all one member, where would be the body? But now there are, indeed, many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; nor, again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, still more, those members of the body which seem to be weak, are necessary; and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness; while our seemly parts have no need. But God so put the body together, as to give special honor to that part which lacked, that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And so if one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members individually. And
Selfishness » Especially forbidden to saints
looking each of you not to his own interest, but each to the interest of others also.
Selfishness » All men addicted to
among whom even we all had our way of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others;
for all of them are seeking their own things, not those of Christ Jesus.
Selfishness » Different forms of » Hoarding foodstuff
Selfishness » Exemplified » Nabal
Selfishness » The love of Christ should constrain us to avoid
For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then all died; and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Living to ourselves
and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.
Selfishness » Inconsistent with » Christian love
doth not behave herself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, maketh no account of an injury,
Selfishness » Characteristic of the last days
But know this, that in the last days grievous times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without
Selfishness » Examples of » Nabal refuses food to david
Selfishness » Different forms of » Neglect of the needy and suffering
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Being lovers of ourselves
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Seeking undue precedence
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.
Selfishness » Exemplified » Jews
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Serving God for reward
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Seeking after gain
Selfishness » God hates
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Neglect of the poor
But whoever hath this worlds goods, and seeth his brother having need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Pleasing ourselves
We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Selfishness » Exemplified » Cain
Selfishness » Different forms of » Greed for real estate
Selfishness » Exhibited in » Performing duty for reward
Selfishness » Exemplified » James and john
And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, in thy glory.
Selfishness » Exemplified » Haman
Selfishness » Examples of » James and john seek the best places
And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, in thy glory.
Selfishness » Saints falsely accused of
Topics on Selfishness
Selfishness, Examples Of
Mark 10:37And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, in thy glory.
Selfishness, Shown In
2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without
Social Selfishness
Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
