Worldly Things

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.

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 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.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

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?

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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.

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.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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.

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

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.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

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 the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

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

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

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

“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.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

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

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

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.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

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

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

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 →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

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.

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

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

They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”

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.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are: — read the full passage →

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

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

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

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

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.