'World' in the Bible

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one ;

and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.

So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,

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

Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!

And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what'shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

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

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the world to come eternal life.

And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the'son of God?

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, even he that cometh into the world.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him.

He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.

Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.

Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.

I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are .

But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one .

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.

Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;

Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spake I nothing.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: