21 Bible Verses about Worldliness

Most Relevant Verses

1 John 2:15-16

Love not the world, neither the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For every thing which is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pomp of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Revelation 22:2

In the midst of the street of it, even on this side, and on that of the river, grew the tree of life, producing twelve crops of fruit, and ripening its fruit in succession every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

John 8:23

And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Luke 4:5-8

And the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time: and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it. If therefore thou wilt worship before me, all shall be thine.read more.
And Jesus answering him, said, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him alone shalt thou pay divine honour."

John 18:36

Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

2 Corinthians 6:17

"Wherefore go forth from the midst of them, and be ye separated, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom; that every one of you may know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour, not in the vile passion of lewdness, as the Gentiles which know not God;

1 Peter 1:14-16

as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance: but as he who hath called you is holy, be ye holy also in all your conduct: because it is written, "Be ye holy; for I am holy."

1 Peter 4:3-4

For the time past of life is enough for us to have wrought the will of the heathen, when we walked in all impurities, lewd appetites, excess of wine, revels, drinking-bouts, and abominable idolatries; wherein they think it a strange thing, that you are not running with them into the same gulph of profligacy, spreading every scandalous report of you:

From Thematic Bible


spiritual Loss » Causes of » Worldliness

Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Worldliness

Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » Worldliness

Seven » Evils to be repressed » Worldliness

Worldliness » Warnings against

Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable

Worldliness » Instances of » balaam

Jude 1:11

Wo unto them! for they have walked in the way of Cain, and have eagerly run in Balaam's erroneous path of hire, and have perished in opposition, like Corah.

Worldliness » Instances of » jacob

Worldliness » Instances of » israelites

Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Leads to religious apostasy

James 5:5

Ye have gormandized upon the earth, and lived in every luxury: ye have pampered your hearts, as in a day of feasting on the victim slain.

Worldliness » Instances of » Esau

Hebrews 12:16

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of bread parted with his birthrights.

Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Makes earthly affections supreme

1 Corinthians 7:32-33

But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord: but he who is married is anxious about the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In false worship

Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In bad governmental policies

Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Deludes men into a state of false security

Matthew 24:38-39

For as they were in the days preceding the deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they knew it not till the deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In following a bad example

Matthew 23:2-3

saying, The scribes and Pharisees are seated on the chair of Moses; all things therefore which they prescribe for you to observe, observe and practise; but do not according to their works, for they say, yet do not practise.

Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In heathenish practices

Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Moulds the activities and plans of life

Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Destroys the influence of the truth

Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In committing popular sins

Worldliness » Instances of » Eli's sons

Worldliness » Instances of » Gehazi

Worldliness » Instances of » Judah

Worldliness » Instances of » Herod antipas

Matthew 14:6-7

But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the circle, and pleased Herod: so that with an oath he promised to give her whatever she should ask.

Worldliness » Instances of » Cretans

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