Selfishness

Genesis 4:9

⁹ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Leviticus 19:18

¹⁸ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Numbers 32:6

⁶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

1 Samuel 25:3

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:11

¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

Esther 6:6

⁶ So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Job 1:9

⁹ Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Job 1:10

¹⁰ Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Job 1:11

¹¹ But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse curse thee to thy face.

Psalms 38:11

¹¹ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Proverbs 11:26

²⁶ He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Proverbs 18:17

¹⁷ He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Proverbs 24:11

¹¹ If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

¹² If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Proverbs 28:27

²⁷ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Isaiah 56:11

¹¹ Yea, they are greedy greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Ezekiel 34:18

¹⁸ Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

Micah 3:11

¹¹ The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

Haggai 1:4

⁴ Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Haggai 1:9

⁹ Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Haggai 1:10

¹⁰ Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Zechariah 7:6

⁶ And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Malachi 1:10

¹⁰ Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Matthew 19:21

²¹ Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Matthew 19:22

²² But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had had great possessions.

Matthew 20:21

²¹ And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

Matthew 22:39

³⁹ And the second is like unto it, it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mark 10:37

³⁷ They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

Luke 6:32

³² For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

Luke 6:33

³³ And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

Luke 6:34

³⁴ And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

John 4:34

³⁴ Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 6:26

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Romans 12:4

⁴ For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Romans 12:5

⁵ So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Romans 15:1

¹ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Romans 15:2

² Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Romans 15:3

³ For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

Romans 14:15

¹⁵ But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 13:5

⁵ Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

1 Corinthians 9:19

¹⁹ For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Corinthians 9:20

²⁰ And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

1 Corinthians 9:21

²¹ To them that are without law, as without law, law, being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.

1 Corinthians 9:22

²² To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

1 Corinthians 9:23

²³ And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

1 Corinthians 10:24

²⁴ Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

1 Corinthians 10:33

³³ Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:12

¹² For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:13

¹³ For For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:14

¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many.

1 Corinthians 12:15

¹⁵ If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore therefore therefore not of the body?

1 Corinthians 12:16

¹⁶ And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore therefore therefore not of the body?

1 Corinthians 12:17

¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

1 Corinthians 12:18

¹⁸ But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

1 Corinthians 12:19

¹⁹ And if they were all one member, where were the body?

1 Corinthians 12:20

²⁰ But now are they many members, yet but one body.

1 Corinthians 12:21

²¹ And the eye cannot cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

1 Corinthians 12:22

²² Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

1 Corinthians 12:23

²³ And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

1 Corinthians 12:24

²⁴ For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

1 Corinthians 12:25

²⁵ That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

1 Corinthians 12:26

²⁶ And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

1 Corinthians 12:27

²⁷ Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

2 Corinthians 8:9

⁹ 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.

2 Corinthians 5:14

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

2 Corinthians 5:15

¹⁵ And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

Galatians 6:2

² Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Ephesians 2:3

³ Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Philippians 2:4

⁴ Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Philippians 2:20

²⁰ For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

Philippians 2:21

²¹ For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

2 Timothy 3:1

¹ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 Timothy 3:2

² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2 Timothy 3:3

³ Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

2 Timothy 3:4

⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

James 2:8

⁸ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

James 2:15

¹⁵ If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute destitute of daily food,

James 2:16

¹⁶ And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

1 John 3:17

¹⁷ But whoso 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?

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