Bible Verses About The World
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the world, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 339 votes, led by 1 John 5:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The World
1 John 5:1964 votes
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Philippians 2:1544 votes
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
John 15:1941 votes
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Romans 12:241 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1 John 2:15-1723 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.
1 John 4:420 votes
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Matthew 24:4214 votes
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Galatians 6:1413 votes
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Colossians 2:2013 votes
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
1 John 2:1513 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.
Matthew 10:1611 votes
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
John 17:911 votes
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
1 Peter 2:911 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
2 Corinthians 1:1210 votes
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
James 1:2710 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
What does the Bible say about the world?
Readers most often cite 1 John 5:19 on the subject of the world. Across 339 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 2:15, John 15:19, Romans 12:2. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.