Bible Verses About Selfishness

Adonai said to Kayin, “Where is Hevel your brother?” And he replied, “I don’t know; am I my brother’s guardian?”

Don't take vengeance on or bear a grudge against any of your people; rather, love your neighbor as yourself; I am ADONAI.

Moshe answered the descendants of Gad and of Re'uven: "Are your brothers to go to war while you stay here?

The man's name was Naval, and his wife was named Avigayil. The woman was intelligent and attractive, but the man was surly and mean in his actions; he belonged to the clan of Kalev.

Am I supposed to take my bread, my water and my meat that I slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men coming from who knows where?"

So Haman came in. The king said to him, "What should be done for a man that the king wants to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king want to honor more than me?"

The Adversary answered ADONAI, "Is it for nothing that Iyov fears God?

You've put a protective hedge around him, his house and everything he has. You've prospered his work, and his livestock are spread out all over the land.

But if you reach out your hand and touch whatever he has, without doubt he'll curse you to your face!"

My friends and companions shun my disease; even the closest keep their distance.

The people will curse him who withholds grain; but if he sells it, blessings will be on his head.

The first to state his case seems right, till the other one comes and cross-examines.

Yes, rescue those being dragged off to death -won't you save those about to be killed?

If you say, "We knew nothing about it,"won't he who weighs hearts discern it? Yes, he who guards you will know it and repay each one as his deeds deserve.

He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who hides his eyes will get curses in plenty.

Greedy dogs, never satisfied - such are the shepherds, unable to understand; they all turn to their own way, each one intent on his own gain:

Wasn't it enough for you to feed on the best pasture and drink from the clearest water? Did you have to trample the rest of the pasture and foul the remaining water with your feet?

Her leaders sell verdicts for bribes, her cohanim teach for a price, her prophets divine for money - yet they claim to rely on ADONAI! "Isn't ADONAI here with us?" they say. "No evil can come upon us."

"So is now the time for you to be living in your own paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

'You looked for much, but it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?' asks ADONAI-Tzva'ot. 'Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you runs to take care of his own house.

This is why the sky above you has withheld the dew, so that there is none, and the land withholds its yield.

Rather, when you eat and drink, it's just to please yourselves, isn't it?

Why doesn't even one of you shut the doors and thus stop this useless lighting of fires on my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot, "and I will not receive an offering from you.

Yeshua said to him, "If you are serious about reaching the goal, go and sell your possessions, give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!"

But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was wealthy.