Worldliness

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 →

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates 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. — read the full passage →

These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

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

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, — read the full passage →

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed, — read the full passage →

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. — read the full passage →

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. — read the full passage →

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

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? — read the full passage →

for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’

“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 →

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. — read the full passage →

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” — read the full passage →

and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:

For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son, — read the full passage →

Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

“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 →

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’ — read the full passage →

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”

Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; — read the full passage →

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, — read the full passage →

Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.” — read the full passage →

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; — read the full passage →

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.

I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.

The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. — read the full passage →

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity. — read the full passage →

They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. — read the full passage →

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, “Is all well?” — read the full passage →

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. — read the full passage →

He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?” — read the full passage →

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.

In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. — read the full passage →

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. — read the full passage →

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”

But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn’t know Yahweh. — read the full passage →

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. — read the full passage →

Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.” — read the full passage →

The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. — read the full passage →

Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. — read the full passage →

He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom. — read the full passage →

Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion. — read the full passage →