Bible Verses About Worldly Things
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for worldly things, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 12,074 votes, led by 1 John 2:15-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Worldly Things
1 John 2:15-171,300 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.
Colossians 3:2786 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
James 4:4494 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.
Romans 12:2432 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.
Ephesians 5:11404 votes
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Titus 2:11-12361 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Exodus 14:14272 votes
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Matthew 16:26252 votes
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Isaiah 41:10242 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 40:31209 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Titus 2:12195 votes
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Psalms 37:4191 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20183 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Luke 16:11182 votes
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
John 3:16170 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 2:15170 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.
Jeremiah 17:9164 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
1 Peter 4:7142 votes
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
2 Corinthians 4:18125 votes
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Philippians 4:13113 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 John 2:17113 votes
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John 2:16106 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Matthew 12:30105 votes
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
1 Corinthians 3:16103 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Jeremiah 17:10101 votes
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
What does the Bible say about worldly things?
Readers most often cite 1 John 2:15-17 on the subject of worldly things. Across 12,074 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:2, James 4:4, Romans 12:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.