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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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2 Peter 2:1 NIV
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them —bringing swift destruction on themselves.
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Psalm 38:11 NIV
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
    my neighbors stay far away.
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Romans 6:16 NIV
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey —whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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3 John 1:9 NIV
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
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Matthew 19:22 NIV
When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.
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Proverbs 11:26 NIV
People curse the one who hoards grain,
    but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.
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2 Chronicles 32:25 NIV
But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
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Proverbs 21:15 NIV
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.
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Mark 12:31 NIV
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
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