Gain The World

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

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

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. — read the full passage →

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →

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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. — read the full passage →

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

No man 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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. — read the full passage →

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

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

And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. — read the full passage →

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; — read the full passage →

And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

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

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

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain:

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! — read the full passage →

And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

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

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not 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 →

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

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

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. — read the full passage →

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

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?

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