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Want to know what the Bible says about Selfishness? Here are 119 Bible verses about Selfishness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Galatians 5:24 NIV
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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James 2:16 NIV
If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
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Genesis 4:9 NIV
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
“I don’t know, ” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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1 John 2:15-16 NIV
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Haggai 1:4 NIV
“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?
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John 15:13 NIV
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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Luke 21:8-9 NIV
8 He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. 9 When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
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Malachi 1:10 NIV
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
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Acts 20:24 NIV
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me —the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
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