Bible Quotes About Unselfishness

“Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

“And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. persons: Heb. souls”

“That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet , and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:”

“Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”

“Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. a mighty: Heb. a prince of God”

“Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.”

“Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.”

“For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. come: Heb. find my father”

“And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!”

“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”

“Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.”

“And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.”

“Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.”

“For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.”

“Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.”

“Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. rewards: or, fee”

“And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.”

“Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. rowed: Heb. digged wrought: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went”

“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

“Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,”

“And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need .”

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; with: or, in the love of the brethren”

“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”

“Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.”

“For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.”

“Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:”

“Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.”

“For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.”

“And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;”

“To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.”

“To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

“And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.”

“Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.”

“Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.”

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, vaunteth: or, is not rash”

“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”

“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:”

“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”

“What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.”

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”

“Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.”

“Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:”

“But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly .”

“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:”

“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”