Bible Verses about “gain the whole world”
The Bible contains 32 verses about gain the whole world across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“‹No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›”
“[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
“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.”
“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”
“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”
“‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:›”
“¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:›”
“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
“And he said unto them, ‹Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.›”
“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.”
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.”
“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.›”
“¶ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.”
“‹No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.›”
“‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›”
“‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›”
“‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.›”
“‹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?›”
“‹And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.›”
“‹And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.›”
“But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.”
“And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›”
“‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›”
“¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, ‹Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.›”
“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”
“‹For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?›”
“‹For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.›”
“‹For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?›”
“¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”
“¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.”