Bible Verses about “entitlement”

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

“¶ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:”

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”

“Neither give place to the devil.”

“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”

“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;”

“¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”

“¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”

“For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”

“And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”

“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”

“Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

“¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,”

“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”

“¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.”

“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:”

“That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”

“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”

“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”

“‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:›”

“One Lord, one faith, one baptism,”

“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:”

“[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;”

“‹And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done› [it] ‹unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done› [it] ‹unto me.›”

“‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›”

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”

“One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.”

“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”

“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”

“¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?”

“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.”

“Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.”

“‹Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.›”

“¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,”

“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.”

“¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.”

“‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›”

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.”

“¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”

“But ye have not so learned Christ;”

“If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:”

“‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›”

“But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.”