Bible Verses about “selfish gain”

“But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”

“Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.”

“"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.”

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.”

“See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?”

“"Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'”

“Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.”

“Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”

“For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.”

“"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

“Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,”

“yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.”

“But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?”

“"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?”

“The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.”

“"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.”

“for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

“but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;”

“"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;”

“Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'”

“so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”

“But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,”

“"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”

“In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.”

“Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.”

“Give us today our daily bread.”

“Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.”

“"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.”

“But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;”

“"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.”

“But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”

“so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.”

“He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.”

“But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?”

“Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.”

“As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.”

“One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.”

“He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.”

“As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.”

“This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.”

“he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.”

“And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.”

“Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.”

“And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.”

“But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”

“My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.”