Bible Verses About Loving God More Than the World
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loving god more than the world, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,366 votes, led by Luke 10:27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Loving God More Than the World
Luke 10:27225 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
1 John 2:15-17156 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
James 4:4148 votes
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Luke 6:46130 votes
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Matthew 22:37119 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Deuteronomy 10:1297 votes
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
1 Corinthians 10:3185 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
2 Timothy 3:2-576 votes
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
1 John 4:7-866 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
John 4:19-2457 votes
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
Deuteronomy 6:556 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
1 John 3:151 votes
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 5:3-546 votes
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
John 14:2142 votes
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Revelation 14:740 votes
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Romans 12:137 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Luke 14:25-3336 votes
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
2 Peter 2:2136 votes
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Luke 15:11-3235 votes
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
Proverbs 8:1732 votes
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
John 3:1631 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John 4:830 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Mark 12:29-3429 votes
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
John 3:1725 votes
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Acts 16:3125 votes
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
What does the Bible say about loving god more than the world?
Readers most often cite Luke 10:27 on the subject of loving god more than the world. Across 2,366 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 2:15-17, James 4:4, Luke 6:46. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.