21 Bible Verses about Worldliness
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You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the worldthe lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of lifeis not of the Father but is of the world.
through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Then the devil took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And he said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours."read more.
And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingship is not from here."
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that is, that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to take his own spouse for himself in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the heathen, who do not know God;
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
For you have spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they abuse you;
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the worldour faith.
And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name the name you gave me that they may be one, even as we are one.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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spiritual Loss » Causes of » Worldliness
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Worldliness
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » Worldliness
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Seven » Evils to be repressed » Worldliness
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Worldliness » Warnings against
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
Worldliness » Instances of » balaam
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for the sake of gain they have rushed headlong into the Balaam's error, and perished in Korah's rebellion.
Worldliness » Instances of » jacob
Worldliness » Instances of » israelites
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Leads to religious apostasy
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Worldliness » Instances of » Esau
that no one be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Makes earthly affections supreme
But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In false worship
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In bad governmental policies
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Deludes men into a state of false security
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In following a bad example
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must observe and do whatever they tell you. But do not do what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In heathenish practices
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Moulds the activities and plans of life
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Destroys the influence of the truth
Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In committing popular sins
Worldliness » Instances of » Eli's sons
Worldliness » Instances of » Gehazi
Worldliness » Instances of » Judah
Worldliness » Instances of » Herod antipas
But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
Worldliness » Instances of » Cretans
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
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Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.