Bible Verses about Selfishness

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• Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself.
  Philippians 2:3humilityneighbor
• Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
  1 Corinthians 10:24loveneighbor
• Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger
• For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
  James 3:16sinevil
• The liberal soul shall be made fat.
  He who waters shall be watered also himself.
  Proverbs 11:25generosityfoodgiving
• A fool has no delight in understanding,
  but only in revealing his own opinion.
  Proverbs 18:2speakingwisdom
• Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
  Romans 15:2encouragementneighbor
• The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
  Mark 12:31lawloveneighbor
• Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
  1 Corinthians 3:18wisdomworldthoughts
• Turn my heart toward your statutes,
  not toward selfish gain.
  Psalm 119:36lawgreedheart
• I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That 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 these things don’t count; nor do I hold 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 fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
  Acts 20:24graceevangelismlife
• He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
  Mark 8:34salvationJesusfollowing