Bible Verses about Selfishness
- Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.
- No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
- Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
- A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. - Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
- Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions. - The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
- Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
- Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain. - I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
Bible verse of the day
Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.