67 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves. Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,

because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

For if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not destroy the person for whom the Messiah died by what you eat.

Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.

But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become a stumbling block for those who are weak.

No one should seek his own welfare, but rather his neighbor's.

Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.

But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth. That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.

"How terrible it will be for you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you have settled yourselves alone in the middle of the land!"

he commented to himself, "Isn't Babylon great? I've built a royal palace in it by my own might and power, for the sake of my majesty."

People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

To eat too much honey isn't good; and neither is it honorable to seek one's own glory.

Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.

Don't magnify yourself in the presence of a king, and don't pretend to be in the company of famous men, for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

Be devoted to each other with mutual affection. Excel at showing respect for each other.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.

Sometime later, Absalom acquired a chariot equipped with horses and recruited 50 men to accompany him.

Meanwhile, about this time Haggith's son Adonijah began to seek a reputation for himself and decided, "I'm going to be king!" So he prepared chariots, cavalry, and 50 soldiers to serve as a security detail to guard him.

You said in your heart, "I'll ascend to heaven, above the stars of God. I'll erect my throne; I'll sit on the Mount of Assembly in the far reaches of the north;

Why am I seeing this? They're terrified, they have turned back. Their warriors are crushed, and they take flight. They don't look back. Terror is on every side," declares the LORD.

"Son of Man, tell Tyre's Commander-in-Chief, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because your heart is arrogant, and because you keep saying, "I have taken my seat, I am a god, seated in God's seat right in the middle of the sea,' and because you're a man, and not a god, even though you pretend that you have a god-like heart"

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

They love to have the places of honor at festivals, the best seats in the synagogues, to be greeted in the marketplaces, and to be called "Rabbi' by people.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable.

Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

For they loved the praise of human beings more than the praise of God.

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary of God and himself declares that he is God.

Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.

You are not to follow the majority in doing wrong, and you are not to testify in a lawsuit so as to follow the majority and pervert justice.

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Indeed, what can a person give in exchange for his life?

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?

Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.

Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.

No one serving in the military gets mixed up in civilian matters, for his aim is to please his commanding officer.

It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age

You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

Every single one of them began asking to be excused. The first told him, "I bought a field, and I need to go out and inspect it. Please excuse me.'

because Demas, having fallen in love with this present world, has abandoned me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

Don't trust in oppression or put false hope in stealing; if you become wealthy, do not set your heart on it.

The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

I noticed among the war spoils a beautiful mantle from Shinar, 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels. Because I wanted them, I took them, and they're buried in the ground inside my tent. The silver is underneath."

After Naaman had gone only a short distance, Gehazi, the attendant to Elisha, the man of God, told himself, "Look how my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman! He declined to take from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I'm going to run after him and get something from him."

Her leaders judge for the money, her priests teach only when they're paid, and her prophets prophesy for cash. Even so, don't they all rely on the LORD as they ask, "The LORD is among us, is he not? Nothing bad can possibly happen to us!'

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Shocked at this statement, the man went away sad, because he had many possessions.

But when the official heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.

and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

He said this, not because he cared about the destitute, but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and would steal what was put into it.

When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities who met together in the public square.

At the same time he was hoping to receive a bribe from Paul, and so he would send for him frequently to talk with him.

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.

Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted, such as a man who drinks injustice like water?"

who delight in doing evil, and rejoice in the perverseness of evil;

The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.