Bible Verses about “self centeredness”

“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.”

“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”

“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”

“‹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.›”

“‹Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?›”

“‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?›”

“‹Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day› [is] ‹the evil thereof.›”

“¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›”

“‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›”

“‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:›”

“‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›”

“‹And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:›”

“‹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.›”

“‹Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,› [shall he] ‹not much more› [clothe] ‹you, O ye of little faith?›”

“‹Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?›”

“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

“¶ ‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›”

“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”

“‹But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.›”

“‹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:›”

“‹Therefore when thou doest› [thine] ‹alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”

“‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.›”

“‹That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.›”

“‹But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:›”

“¶ ‹And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites› [are]: ‹for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”

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

“‹And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.›”

“‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›”

“‹Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as› [it is] ‹in heaven.›”

“‹Give us this day our daily bread.›”

“¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›”

“‹The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.›”

“‹But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;›”

“¶ ‹Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›”

“‹But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great› [is] ‹that darkness!›”

“‹That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.›”

“‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›”

“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”

“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.”

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

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

“For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.”

“We love him, because he first loved us.”

“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”

“And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

“‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›”

“¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.›”

“‹And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this› [is] ‹the first commandment.›”

“¶ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.”