Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

1Sa 8:19, 20 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said.
Job 20:4–29 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
Job 21:11–15 They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip
Psa 49:16–18 Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house
Psa 73:2–22 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly
Pro 14:12, 13 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of
Pro 15:21 Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks
Pro 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil
Pro 23:20, 21 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on
Pro 27:1, 7 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Ecc 1:8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not
Ecc 2:1–12 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what
Ecc 6:11, 12 For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
Ecc 8:15–17 So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better
Ecc 10:19 A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is
Ecc 11:9, 10 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad
Isa 22:12, 13 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for
Isa 24:7–11 The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
Isa 28:4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the
Isa 32:9–11 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you
Isa 47:7–9 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to
Hos 9:1, 11, 13 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you
Amo 6:3–7 You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. / You
Amo 8:10 I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation.
Mic 2:10 Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its
Mic 6:14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you.
Hag 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough.
Mat 6:25–34 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
Mat 10:39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My
Mat 13:22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the
Mat 16:25, 26 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses
Mat 18:1–4 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the
Mat 22:2–6 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for
Mat 24:38, 39 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
Mar 4:19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire
Mar 8:35–37 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his
Mar 9:33–36 Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked
Luk 8:14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on
Luk 9:46–48 Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would
Luk 12:19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for
Luk 14:17–24 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those
Luk 16:1–13, 19–25 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose
Luk 17:26–29, 33 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days
Luk 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation,
Joh 5:44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek
Joh 12:25, 43 Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in
Joh 15:19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the
Rom 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of
1Co 7:29–31 What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on
1Co 10:6 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as
1Co 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If
Php 3:18, 19 For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with
Col 3:2, 5 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. / Put to death,
1Ti 5:6 But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
2Ti 2:4, 22 A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in
2Ti 3:2–7 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
Tts 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live
Tts 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to
Heb 11:24–26 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of
Jam 2:1–4 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus
Jam 4:4, 9 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is
Jam 5:5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened
1Pe 1:14, 24 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former
1Pe 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires
1Pe 4:3, 4 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires
2Pe 2:12–15, 18 These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born
1 Joh 2:15–17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the
Jde 1:11–13, 16, 19 Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have