Bible Verses about Selfishness

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• Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves.
  Philippians 2:3humilityneighbor
• No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor.
  1 Corinthians 10:24loveneighbor
• Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger
• For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
  James 3:16sinevil
• A generous person will be prosperous,
  And one who gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
  Proverbs 11:25generosityfoodgiving
• A fool does not delight in understanding,
  But in revealing his own mind.
  Proverbs 18:2speakingwisdom
• Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
  Romans 15:2encouragementneighbor
• The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
  Mark 12:31lawloveneighbor
• Take care that no one deceives himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
  1 Corinthians 3:18wisdomworldthoughts
• Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
  And not to dishonest gain.
  Psalm 119:36lawgreedheart
• I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
  Galatians 2:20faithSaviorlife
• But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of God’s grace.
  Acts 20:24graceevangelismlife
• And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.”
  Mark 8:34salvationJesusfollowing