48 Bible Verses about Love, Abuse Of

Do not act for selfish ends or from vanity, but modestly treat one another as your superiors. Do not take account of your own interests, but of the interests of others as well.

For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will find it.

For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me and for the good news will preserve it.

For whoever wants to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will preserve it.

For if your brother's feelings are hurt by what you eat, your life is not governed by love. You must not, by what you eat, ruin a man for whom Christ died.

It is the duty of us who are strong to put up with the weaknesses of those who are immature, and not just suit ourselves.

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.

No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.

Let us not in our vanity challenge one another or envy one another.

But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above. It is earthly, animal, demon-like.

People will be selfish, avaricious, boastful, arrogant, abusive, undutiful, ungrateful, irreverent,

You have lived luxuriously and voluptuously here on earth; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.

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

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."

Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"

and they like the best places at dinners and the front seats in the synagogues, and to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

He noticed that the guests picked out the best places, and he gave them this illustration:

A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.

for they cared more for the approval of men than for the approval of God.

the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God??5 do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this?

Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life? For what can a man give to buy back his life?

What good does it do a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is??hat is good, pleasing, and perfect.

Fix your thoughts on the things that are above, not on those that are on earth.

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,

You renegades! Do you not know that the friendship of the world means enmity with God? So whoever wishes to be the world's friend declares himself God's enemy.

For just as in those days before the flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,

And they all immediately began to excuse themselves. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and look at it. Please have me excused.'

for Demas has deserted me for love of the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin. For love of money is the root of all the evils, and in their eagerness to get rich, some men wander away from the faith and pierce themselves to the heart with many a pang.

And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

But his face fell at Jesus' words, and he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

But when he heard that, he was much cast down, for he was very rich.

and said, "What will you give me if I hand him over to you?" And they counted him out thirty silver pieces.

The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

But when her masters saw that their hopes of profits were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them to the public square, to the authorities,

At the same time he hoped to get money from Paul, and for that reason he used to send for him very often and talk with him.

They have left the straight path and gone astray. They have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on dishonest gain,

so that all who have refused to believe the truth but have preferred disobedience may be condemned.