Bible Verses about Selfishness

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• Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
  Philippians 2:3 humility neighbor
• Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.
  1 Corinthians 10:24 love neighbor
• Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5 love patience anger
• For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
  James 3:16 sin evil
• The generous soul will be made rich,
  And he who waters will also be watered himself.
  Proverbs 11:25 generosity food giving
• A fool has no delight in understanding,
  But in expressing his own heart.
  Proverbs 18:2 speaking wisdom
• Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.
  Romans 15:2 encouragement neighbor
• And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
  Mark 12:31 law love neighbor
• Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
  1 Corinthians 3:18 wisdom world thoughts
• Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
  And not to covetousness.
  Psalm 119:36 law greed heart
• I have been crucified with Christ; 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 for me.
  Galatians 2:20 faith Savior life
• But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  Acts 20:24 grace evangelism life
• When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”
  Mark 8:34 salvation Jesus following