Bible verses about self-seeking and selfishness

Nothing is accomplished by quarreling or vain honor; but through humility one person esteems another higher than themselves, and everyone looks not only at their own, but also at what belongs to another.

Philippians 2:3-4HumilityRelationships

Let no one seek their own, but everyone else's.

1 Corinthians 10:24

It does not seek its own, it does not seek what is its own, it does not allow itself to be provoked, it does not reckon evil.

1 Corinthians 13:5

But we, who are strong, should bear with the weaknesses of the weak and not have regard for ourselves. Let everyone among us therefore be pleasing to their neighbor for good, for their improvement.

Romans 15:1-2

But you, beloved brothers, are called to freedom! Only see that you do not give room to the flesh through freedom; but through love serve one another.

Galatians 5:13ServingFreedom

For where envy and quarreling are, there is disorder and every evil work.

James 3:16Envy

From where do quarrels and wars come among you? Do they not come from your own passions that quarrel in your members? You desire and do not have, so you kill; you envy and hate, and you gain nothing by it; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask.

James 4:1-2

For there will be people who are full of themselves, covetous, boastful, haughty, slanderous, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and unspiritual.

2 Timothy 3:2

Everyone who separates himself seeks what is his own desire, and sets himself against everything that is good.

Proverbs 18:1

But God spoke to him: You fool! This night your soul will be demanded of you; and what will be done with what you have prepared? So it is with everyone who gathers treasures for themselves and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:20-21

And he called together the people with his disciples and spoke to them: Whoever wants to follow me must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to keep his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and for the sake of the gospel will keep it.

Mark 8:34-35Following

But let it not be so among you. Rather, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant; and whoever wants to be the greatest among you must be everyone's slave. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as ransom for many.

Mark 10:43-45

Truly, truly I say to you: Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but where it dies, it brings forth much fruit.

John 12:24Spring

Everyone should be like Jesus Christ was: although he was in the form of God, he did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself and took the form of a servant, becoming like ordinary people and being formed in human likeness and appearance.

Philippians 2:5-7

And for this reason he died for everyone, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and rose again for them.

2 Corinthians 5:15

For no one lives for themselves, and no one dies for themselves. If we live, we live for the LORD; and if we die, we die to the LORD. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the LORD.

Romans 14:7-8

If one person carries another's burden, you fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2Love for neighborsCommunity

I have shown you everything, so that you should work and accept the weak, and remember the word of the LORD Jesus, which says: "It is more blessed to give than to receive!"

Acts 20:35GivingLove of money

No one has greater love than that of one who lays down his life for his friends.

John 15:13FriendshipGood Friday