Bible Verses About Unselfishness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unselfishness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 503 votes, led by Philippians 2:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Unselfishness
Philippians 2:4124 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Romans 12:1045 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
John 13:3435 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 Corinthians 10:2434 votes
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
James 5:1627 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
John 15:1322 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
1 John 2:1-2919 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Proverbs 21:1315 votes
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Philippians 2:2115 votes
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
James 4:114 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James 5:714 votes
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
2 Corinthians 8:913 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Hebrews 13:1613 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Ruth 1:1-2212 votes
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
James 4:312 votes
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 4:1012 votes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Matthew 5:611 votes
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 6:1011 votes
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Mark 11:2411 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
John 3:1-3611 votes
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Galatians 6:211 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Ephesians 5:2111 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
1 Timothy 6:17-1911 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;
What does the Bible say about unselfishness?
Readers most often cite Philippians 2:4 on the subject of unselfishness. Across 503 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 12:10, John 13:34, 1 Corinthians 10:24. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.