Welcome and God bless you. In this opportunity we want to present you a list of Bible Verses on Selfishness. Through them you will see examples of selfishness, characters that were selfish. You will also learn how to overcome selfishness according to the Bible. You will also understand the consequences of selfishness according to the Bible.
Bible Verses on Selfishness
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.
1 Corinthians 10:24
No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
James 3:16
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
Proverbs 11:25
A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Romans 15:2
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
Proverbs 18:2
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
Mark 12:31
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
Psalm 119:36
Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
Acts 20:24
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Mark 8:34
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
These biblical texts about selfishness will serve you for your Bible study or your preaching, you will be able to preach about selfishness in marriage, in dating, in the family in general, among other areas. God wants kind children, selfishness was one of the main evils for which Lucifer wanted to resemble God, let’s avoid it at all costs.