Bible Verses About Selfish
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for selfish, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 539 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Selfish
1 Corinthians 10:2478 votes
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Philippians 2:3-464 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Acts 20:3561 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 Timothy 3:247 votes
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Romans 12:1045 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 2:837 votes
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
1 Timothy 6:17-1930 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Philippians 2:425 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Luke 21:1-423 votes
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Romans 12:320 votes
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1 John 3:1718 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Psalms 119:3615 votes
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Proverbs 18:113 votes
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Luke 21:3611 votes
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Philippians 2:311 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
James 3:1611 votes
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Genesis 4:910 votes
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Matthew 6:19-2110 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Philippians 2:2110 votes
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
What does the Bible say about selfish?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:24 on the subject of selfish. Across 539 votes, 19 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 2:3-4, Acts 20:35, 2 Timothy 3:2. This page lists all 19 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.