Gain The Whole World

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.” — read the full passage →

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” — read the full passage →

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. — read the full passage →

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? — read the full passage →

“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.

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. — read the full passage →

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me. — read the full passage →

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

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

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. — read the full passage →

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! — read the full passage →

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.” — read the full passage →

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? — read the full passage →

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

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

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. — read the full passage →

Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.” — read the full passage →

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. — read the full passage →

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. — read the full passage →

He said to me, “See you don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. — read the full passage →

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. — read the full passage →

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

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.

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. — read the full passage →

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, — read the full passage →

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. — read the full passage →

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;